[HN Gopher] Solid, a spec that lets people store their data secu...
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       Solid, a spec that lets people store their data securely in
       decentralized Pods
        
       Author : jandeboevrie
       Score  : 21 points
       Date   : 2023-05-06 19:16 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (solidproject.org)
 (TXT) w3m dump (solidproject.org)
        
       | VWWHFSfQ wrote:
       | I'm failing to see the point of this. You pick a "pod provider"
       | and then they host your data for you, right? And that provider is
       | just backing it on some cloud host. why would I do this
        
         | atrus wrote:
         | It is/was supposed to be a centralized store of your data, so
         | that you can have more control over who has it. Instead of
         | uploading a photo to facebook, you upload it to your pod, then
         | allow facebook access to it to post to your timeline. Then you
         | can see who has access to your stuff and revoke if wanted.
        
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