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Author warned in 2010 of data exploitation by corporations

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Harold Jarche, writing in 2010, argued for separating data from physical property to avoid a future where corporations freely aggregate and sell back user data. He expressed concern that without this separation, individuals would face the worst of both worlds, with their own crowd-sourced data being exploited. AI

IMPACT The resurfaced opinion piece highlights long-standing concerns about data ownership and corporate exploitation, relevant to ongoing discussions about AI and data privacy.

RANK_REASON The item is an opinion piece from 2010 being resurfaced, not a current event.

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Author warned in 2010 of data exploitation by corporations

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    I wrote in 2010: In a networked world, we need to divorce data from physical property. If not, we will have the worst of both worlds: corporations freely aggreg

    I wrote in 2010: In a networked world, we need to divorce data from physical property. If not, we will have the worst of both worlds: corporations freely aggregating our crowd-sourced data and then selling it back to us. Our aggressively intelligent citizenry – Harold Jarche http…

    LINKS jarche.com/…/our-aggressively-intelligent…

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