Comments on: Huge Data Breach at Myspace http://fstutzman.com/2008/06/04/huge-data-breach-at-myspace/ Thoughts about information, social networks, and privacy Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:54:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Dean Landolt http://fstutzman.com/2008/06/04/huge-data-breach-at-myspace/comment-page-1/#comment-1267 Dean Landolt Thu, 05 Jun 2008 19:08:00 +0000 http://127.0.0.1/~fred/projects/blog/?p=604#comment-1267 "And the reason big companies have "signed on" to DP isn't because they want to make the web easier for us, it is because DP is personal, monetizable data sharing taken to the nth level."<br/><br/>Perhaps. Or perhaps you're taking too narrow a view of DP. It's not about "sharing" as much as it is about ownership -- sharing is just one (often small) facet of this ownership.<br/><br/>When the service shutdowns and buyouts start happening with this next downturn, the implications of these ownership issues will become more apparent. “And the reason big companies have “signed on” to DP isn’t because they want to make the web easier for us, it is because DP is personal, monetizable data sharing taken to the nth level.”

Perhaps. Or perhaps you’re taking too narrow a view of DP. It’s not about “sharing” as much as it is about ownership — sharing is just one (often small) facet of this ownership.

When the service shutdowns and buyouts start happening with this next downturn, the implications of these ownership issues will become more apparent.

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