One to watch: Diaspora
Facebook really is becoming the most popular way to experience a large portion of the Web – I think distressingly so. With every new “feature” release comes another modification and revisit of my security settings, and I’ve already reacted by removing a significant amount of info from my profile. Turns out some kids – I use that term loosely, mind you – have reacted to this privacy-invasion-creep with what I think is a solid, wonderful attempt at a solution named diaspora. I really think this is an idea that will take off, and take off in a very large way:
What is it?
Enter your Diaspora “seed,” a personal web server that stores all of your information and shares it with your friends. Diaspora knows how to securely share (using GPG) your pictures, videos, and more. When you have a Diaspora seed of your own, you own your social graph, you have access to your information however you want, whenever you want, and you have full control of your online identity. Once we have built a solid foundation, we will make Diaspora easy to extend to facilitate any type of communication, and the possibilities will be endless.
The project is receiving funding using Kickstarter.com, and will most likely be getting some of my coffee money shortly…
via The New York Times, which should say something
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