Data portability Puns

I am speaking specifically to the policy proposals/guidelines in https://www.eff.org/wp/interoperability-and-privacy - which you can also listen to on the cory doctorow podcast if you prefer to listen while commuting: https://craphound.com/news/2021/02/15/privacy-without-monopoly-data-protection-and-interoperability-part-1/ .

When people ask "why do conservatives care about private companie's censorship just go to another company," the main answer is generally "it's a monopoly" or "social networks only work if everyone's already on it". These interoperability policies would allow that to be circumvented and encourage new players/companies in these current monopolies.

(Example: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskConservatives/comments/n4880d/why_do_conservatives_want_to_be_on_services_like/ )

This policy proposal involves re-writing parts of the DMCA, CFAA, and laws related to TOS and EULAs to:

A) Allow 3rd party companies to interact with major tech companies (facebook, twitter, etc.) on an automated fashion.

Example related to automatically setting privacy settings: A browser extension designed around the particular workings of platforms’ privacy pages could automatically load up the page, set the preferred check boxes and sliders, and warn the user when companies deploy dark patterns to get them to “opt back in.”

B) Require companies to allow its users to export all their data in a standardized (standard made and published by the company with oversight) manner so that it can be moved to another service. (You can move from Twitter to Parler and move all your tweets/reblogs/etc. to Parler). As well as comptabiliity to allow more real time use of this:

Example with a facebook group that wanted to move off facebook: *Imagine if the Facebook group members had been able to use a community migration tool that set up a two-way, scrape-and-push link between a Diaspora pod and a Facebook group, appending messages with a footer that alerted users to the proportion of group members (or message volume) that h

I've been playing around with Logseq, Obsidian, and Roam. Logseq looks very interesting, but I'm curious to understand a few things:

• Both Logseq and Obsidian use markdown files, but is there a difference in format? For example, can both programs read each other's files?
• How does Logseq 'index' all the files and links for speed exactly?
• What about attachments, any differences there?
• It is possible to export from Roam and import to Logseq?

Thanks!

I have often observed how the basic ability for users to export their own user data is missing from applications.

This includes, for example, the ability to export a list of open tabs and browsing history in Internet browsers. This lack of export may also promote tab hoarding, and it is frustrating not to be able to control my own data.

It is wise to create backups anyway, so this should not be denied to user data.

Settings should also be exportable so to be importable from another mobile phone.

Yes, rooted mobile phones allow direct access, but many users only realize it too late, as it is not the default state, and unlocking that headacheful bootloader causes factory reset.

Therefore, I am suggesting developers of software to offer export options. I hope this will become the norm ine day.

Something I preferred about Chrome over Samsung Internet is it storing saved pages where they are supposed go: In the download folder, instead of locked away inside /data/.

I am trying out Kiwi browser, because extensions finally allow me to backup my session and history, which Chrome denies by default. But saved pages are apparently not stored inside the download folder by Kiwi, but sadly in /data/. Needless to say I am hugely disappointed about that.

Is there any way I can backup my saved pages?

Tune in tomorrow, January 20, for NGI Forward SALON ON DATA & POLICY and hear from Trace Labs General Manager Jurij Škornik on how OriginTrail is used in the OpenPKG tool to enable citizens to stay in control of their data.

👉 https://www.ngi.eu/event/ngi-forward-workshop-data-and-policy/?instance_id=413

I’m wondering what experiences people have had in porting collections between collection software, or if anyone has advice.

I’ve been trying both League of Comic Geeks and CLZ, since both have data import/export. Sounded great, but my optimism took a nosedive once I tried the functionality. To be clear, I expected problems. But I also expected that through manipulating the data before import, I would be able to resolve most issues. Or at least some.

First test was import of a full file. Items imported, but didn’t link to anything in the database. So then I took the files and trimmed them down to a single record. No matter how I touched up the data, I was never able to get a comic to import and link to an item in the database.

Has anyone ever use this function to port a collection from one program to another? I really don’t like the idea of putting in the work to catalog a collection but then not having any control over it. Especially after going to the trouble of contributing/editing titles in the database.

Even if there was a web service that returned a title & issue number for a UPC code, that would be enough for me.

Tutanota's latest blog post and the rallying cries from this sub are encouraging to see. I believe in Tutanota's vision, and want to continue supporting with my money; however, there's still one glaring issue preventing users from jumping all-in:

DATA PORTABILITY

Without a GDPR-compliant, automated export of emails, there is simply too much risk sending data to a closed platform that's been under constant attack for a month. Yes, you can export .eml/.zip files, but the current process is cumbersome and not GDPR-compliant. Every other email provider I've tried offers easy data portability except for Tutanota. If Tutanota ever goes away, whether because of these attacks or other issues, we lose both our money and data.

Data portability is a feature I hope to never use (Tutanota forever!), but that actually pushes users away when it's missing (it's not really an open, freedom-focused platform without it). To be honest, I feel a little misled that this basic feature is still missing given how much Tutanota talks about openness, freedom, and GDPR.

If Tutanota really believes in what they preach, they should be doing more to ensure our data remains free, private, and self-owned. Can Tutanota please comment on improvements they are planning for data portability and automated, GDPR-compliant export?

In the meantime, keep up the good fight.

All user data should be portable (exportable) to avoid being trapped and unbackupable.

If there is no such browser, apparently root access is the only way to have this part of data portability.

Before I become too dependent on PM, how do I get out with my data if I ever decide to leave the service?

(I've been using the Plus level for over a year now. Works great. But my data access is more important than privacy, I've realized.)

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The Data Portability and Services Incubator, under the European Commission’s Next Generation Internet, is issuing an open call to develop tech solutions and services in the data portability field.

Grants and mentorships are provided to projects that aid with data transparency, compatibility and interoperability, security and privacy, and other topics related to data portability.

Streamr is not in collaboration with the DAPSI, but this could be a great opportunity to submit a proposal for a Data Union or other solution that uses the Streamr stack towards those goals and get the resources to build it.

For example, the Swash app currently allows individuals to aggregate and monetise (or 'crowdsell') their real-time data. A brief review of Swash will show it ticks all the boxes on data transparency, compatibility, and privacy.

Streamr is prepared to offer $300 worth of DATA to the three best viable proposals submitted to the DAPSI Open Call. Just post a summary on the Streamr dev forum and email a PDF of your proposal description (in the format specified in Section 4 of the application form) to media@streamr.network.

The DAPSI Open Call will accept entries until the 22nd April 2020 at 12:00 (noon) CEST.

Good luck

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A few weeks ago some team members of the Streamr project attended the MyData Global community meeting where the recent EU Data Strategy paper was discussed in detail. For those of you not familiar with the organisation, MyData Global is an NGO, working on transforming the EU’s GDPR from legal into actionable rights. We recently became official members and signed the MyData declaration, which promotes “moving towards a human-centric vision of personal data.”

Why is the EU Data Strategy important to us?

The Data Union framework we’re developing here at Streamr builds on the premise outlined in the GDPR’s article 20 on data portability, namely that:

“The data subject shall have the right to have the personal data transmitted directly from one controller to another.”

Data portability grants us the right to take the data we’ve created on one platform with us to another platform of our choosing. However, the law grants platform providers a 30-day period to make data “portable” and furthermore does not give concrete guidelines on the format in which the data is handed over. But what if people want to port, or sell their data in real-time? And yes, they do.

Legal rights need to become actionable rights

This is one of the topics addressed by the new EU Data Strategy. MyData’s board member Teemu Ropponen, argues that we need to:

“Move from formal to actionable rights. The rights of GDPR should be one click rights. I should not go through hurdles to delete or port my data. We need real-time access to our rights.”

Individual users should have the agency to control data about themselves. At the same time, we recognise the immense potential open access to data would bring. Digital businesses require the use of personal data but, beyond that, researchers, startups, SMEs and governments can profit from a more democratised, open access.

MyData Global has a goal to develop a fair, prosperous, human-centric approach to personal data. That means that people get value from their own data and can set the agenda on how their data i

Let's take for example an hypothetical scenario:

- You fail a driving test and couldn't get your driver's licence: A report is made about the reasons for failure. This report is related to you as it has your identification on it. You request clarifications about the reasons for failure and they aren't given or are ambiguous, resulting in you questioning the validity of said reasons.

Question: Do you have the right to request the report in question? (Like you can request meta-data about shopping habits and so on?)

Thanks.

Article 20 of the GDPR clearly states:

> The data subject shall have the right to receive the personal data concerning him or her, which he or she has provided to a controller, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format...

I contacted ProtonMail, interested about exporting my email in such a format. Their response was a weird jumble: They didn't have any of my data, but if I delete my account they would remove my data.

>Thank you for your message. Please note that we do not store data on our users accounts. You can delete your account with all the messages and data in settings -> account -> delete your account.

I know that by paying $5 a month I can export my messages, but is it all right for ProtonMail to treat people who pay them money differently from people who do not?