Web3 Foundation is building an internet where users are in control of their own data, identity and destiny. Primary projects include @Polkadot & @kusamanetwork.
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How many organisations could collect or process information about your everyday life?
New research from the Web3 Foundation examined six modelled households in the UK and the US.
The findings: between 44 and 88 organisations are associated with their daily routines.
Let's break it down 🧵
These activities are ordinary.
Watching television. Attending school. Buying something online. But each can contribute to a much larger personal data footprint than most people realise.
The question is how much visibility and control individuals have over that information.
Our latest white paper, Everyday Surveillance: What One Ordinary Day May Reveal About You, explores how routine digital activities create extensive opportunities for data collection and processing.
Explore the findings: web3.foundation/insights
The Web3 Foundation website has been refreshed 🧑🎨
It features a cleaner design, improved navigation, and a renewed focus on the ideas driving our work.
Take it for a test drive and let us know what you think → web3.foundation
83 hours
10.4 working days
or around 5,000 minutes
That's how long it would take one model UK family to read the privacy documents associated with their everyday digital lives.
That's almost 1.19 million words across 257 documents.
Our latest research investigates how meaningful informed consent is at that scale.
Read the research ↓
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I have seen several reports of a scam where people are required to pay money to take a test to apply to work for Web3, Polkadot or Kusama.
These are all scams. W3F does not charge people to apply for a position, and Polkadot and Kusama are decentralized networks which cannot do this.
How much does an ordinary day reveal about you?
From the 🇬🇧 to 🇦🇺, the media is paying attention.
Smart devices to everyday services, your personal data can tell a far bigger story than you realize.
🎙️ W3F's @BillLaboon spoke to ABC Radio Australia about the findings of our latest research.
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New research suggests the devices we use every day are collecting data about us hundreds of times a day and build up a detailed picture of the way we live our lives.
Experts warn it can also become a gold mine for criminals as scams become much easier if people with nefarious motives have more data about you.
Cybersecurity expert Jake Moore explains how to keep yourself safe on your devices.
#tech #news
Web3 belongs in the mainstream.
@BillLaboon joined Good Morning Britain @GMB yesterday to discuss our latest research on privacy, data, and the everyday internet.
This is the work we love! We take the ideas behind Web3 beyond our industry and into the conversations shaping how people think about the future of the web.
This video was recorded seven years ago at the @Web3summit, but the ideas @Snowden raises feel as pertinent today as ever.
From privacy and surveillance to the power technology companies and governments hold over our data, the questions he raises have only become more important as more of our lives move online.
This Short is taken from a longer conversation exploring privacy, technology, power, and the future of the internet.
The full talk: youtube.com/watch?v=pXksLYW4…
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I'll be at Dark Prague 3-5 October and giving a talk - "Prove You’re Human. Keep Everything Else Private.” darkprague.com/
All week, you’ve heard about the need for more regulation and safety concerns around AI. We're looking at this through a slightly different lens. Consider this...
The biggest beneficiaries of tougher AI rules may actually be the companies those rules are meant to keep in check, because if only the largest labs can afford compliance, regulation can become a moat, and AI governance should reduce concentrated power, not lock it in.
Either way, it's a debate.
If you’re not sure what we mean by the call for tougher AI rules. Some refs below👇
📸 Credit: Stop the AI Race / Rachel Shu
