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Revolutionary Web Browser Lets you Lead a Smarter Life When you get a HAT

posted by martyb on Thursday July 28 2016, @01:31PM   Printer-friendly
from the safe-data-practices dept.

AnonTechie writes:

RUMPEL, a ground-breaking hyperdata web browser that makes it simpler for people to access and use online data about themselves, is being rolled out to the public this month.

RUMPEL gives users the ability to browse their very own private and secure 'personal data wardrobe' -- called a HAT (Hub-of-all-Things) -- which collates data about them held on the internet (eg on social media, calendars and their own smartphones, with the possibility of also including shopping, financial and other personal data) and allows them to control, combine and share it in whatever way they wish.

Launched in June 2013, HAT [PDF] will create the first ever Multi-sided Market Technology Platform for the home, allowing individuals to trade their personal data for personalised products and services in the future.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/07/160727111929.htm

Is this yet another crack in the wall of privacy ?

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  • (Score: 2) by frojack on Thursday July 28 2016, @02:57PM

    by frojack (1554) Subscriber Badge on Thursday July 28 2016, @02:57PM (#381211) Journal

    Or better still, a deliberate data poison well, that detects sites you've already shared too much with and slowly start's undoing the damage be counter sharing obfuscated information. And it should remember which sites are to be fed which story, and build an inventory for you.

    Surely we don't need any help spreading true info around.

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  • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Thursday July 28 2016, @04:16PM

    by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Thursday July 28 2016, @04:16PM (#381236) Journal

    Yup, good ol' Bayesian poisoning. Google thinks this is my real name.

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    • (Score: 1) by Francis on Thursday July 28 2016, @08:43PM

      by Francis (5544) on Thursday July 28 2016, @08:43PM (#381317)

      Well, my real name is John Doe.