Comments on: Facebook, Google And Plaxo Join The DataPortability Workgroup

By: Confirmed: Comcast Bought Plaxo, Deal Closed Today

Confirmed: Comcast Bought Plaxo, Deal Closed Today — Wed, 14 May 2008 22:29:39 +0000

[…] into users’ Plaxo profiles. They were launch partners with Google Open Social, and announced support for DataPortability early this year. Even so, they still had the occasional misstep. CrunchBase Information Plaxo […]

By: WinExtra » Just because they say it’s big doesn’t make it so

WinExtra » Just because they say it’s big doesn’t make it so — Sun, 11 May 2008 01:09:36 +0000

[…] hype that has predominated Techmeme what is being done that will see any solid changes. If you take what Duncan Riley says on TechCrunch this whole thing is nothing more than a bunch of guys getting together to yammer on […]

By: Digg Moves to Adopt DataPortability Standards

Digg Moves to Adopt DataPortability Standards — Fri, 02 May 2008 00:12:05 +0000

[…] joins Facebook, Google, Plaxo, Six Apart, LinkedIn, and Microsoft in its welcome decision to support DataPortability. But one has […]

By: Computational Culture » Blog Archive » Google AND Facebook embrace Data Portability

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:51:16 +0000

[…] This will affect the Social Web development dramatically. The Data Portability Work Group is working towards maximum cross-appplication access for users to their social media. Wow great news! Walled gardens will be history soon … Via: TechCrunch […]

By: The Social Web is Broken « The Real McCrea

The Social Web is Broken « The Real McCrea — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 03:44:26 +0000

[…] hindsight, the pain was worth it. Within days, the DataPortability.org workgroup managed to sign up Google, Plaxo, and Facebook, in a move widely credited with setting the stage for 2008 to be the year of data […]

By: Google App Engine « Ribe Software’s blog

Google App Engine « Ribe Software’s blog — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:04:49 +0000

[…] Isn’t it more or less similar to Microsoft Passport? I would love Google supporting OpenID. Google joined recently the Dataportability Working Group (that defines the OpenID standard and others). Also several developers want support for OpenID in […]

By: Information Architects » Blog Archive » Predictions for 2008

Information Architects » Blog Archive » Predictions for 2008 — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 05:26:52 +0000

[…] UPDATE: Right after we wrote this we hear that it has already happened—Nine days into 2008 Google and facebook joined forces on dataportability.org to form the center of online […]

By: www.teletubis.info » Blog Archive » FriendFeed, The Centralized Me, and Data Portability

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 11:05:58 +0000

[…] a road show presentation to talk at a high level about what he’s trying to accomplish. Some big partners are joining, even if just in spirit so […]

By: 号外！Facebook宣布加入“便携资料”工作组 | SilenceWolf

号外！Facebook宣布加入“便携资料”工作组 | SilenceWolf — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:53:06 +0000

[…] for platforms such as OpenSocial it’s not that significant, but Facebook is another matter. Read More. addthis_url = […]

By: Dataportability Gains Another Convert in Microsoft

Dataportability Gains Another Convert in Microsoft — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 19:31:03 +0000

[…] to another is gaining a lot of traction these days. Yahoo, MySpace, LinkedIn, Google, Plaxo, , and even Facebook have joined the Dataportability Work Group to figure out standards. Now, Microsoft is joining as […]

By: Logo War: Red Hat Takes On DataPortability : New Web 2.0 Magazine

Logo War: Red Hat Takes On DataPortability : New Web 2.0 Magazine — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:10:09 +0000

[…] all other forms of personal data stored in social networks and other web services. After months of positive news, the group has had its first hiccup, a cease and desist letter from RedHat over their use of the […]

By: Information Architects » Blog Archive » Looking Back on 2007

Information Architects » Blog Archive » Looking Back on 2007 — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 03:39:40 +0000

[…] Here we go—Nine days into 2008 Google and facebook joined forces on dataportability.org to form the center of online […]

By: Även Digg går med i DataPortability workgroup « Fyra nyanser av brunt

Även Digg går med i DataPortability workgroup « Fyra nyanser av brunt — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 20:33:33 +0000

[…] läsa hos bland andra ReadWriteWeb att Microsoft joinar Dataportability workgroup, något som redan Google och Facebook gjort. Nu har även Digg valt att gå med, som senast i raden av större internetbolag. De skriver på […]

By: OpenID FTW « Gormful

OpenID FTW « Gormful — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 21:08:48 +0000

[…] doesn’t stop there. After joining the Data Portability Workgroup with Facebook and Plaxo, Google, along with IBM and Verisign held […]

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By: Scoble, Facebook and Data Ownership - Loosely Coupled has moved

Scoble, Facebook and Data Ownership - Loosely Coupled has moved — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 00:58:07 +0000

[…] data ownership but about privacy. Everyone is making a big deal about Facebook, Google, and Plaxo joining The DataPortability Workgroup, but it remains to be seen whether they’ll be more than just interoperability and balance against […]

By: sumaphil.de

sumaphil.de — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 23:53:27 +0000

24/7 - Der Wochenrückblick (KW 02/08)…

Einen Tag später als gewohnt, nachdem mich das närrische Treiben am Wochenende doch etwas vom Bloggen abgehalten hat - der Wochenrückblick. Kann nicht jeder nachvollziehen, braucht man auch nicht, aber mit Pappnase blogge ich einfach sch…

By: Guardian Angel

Guardian Angel — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 06:39:56 +0000

Facebook is not as secure as you think. It’s no good having your account set to ‘private’ if you have the ‘view friends’ option visible. It’s simply a matter of trawling ‘friends’ profiles who’s account arn’t private. Anything you do or say (with your non private friends), tagged photos etc is visible to everyone, and not necessarily people who are genuine friends either. Just log in under a false name and join whatever network you wish to trawl.

I don’t mean to sound like a creepy stalker, but it’s the reality of human nature. A lot of young people I’m sure are totaly oblivious to the privacy implications these social networks can have. But I guess we do live in the age of Big Brother, fame and celebrity. I suppose a lot of the younger generation don’t mind and actually want to be seen by others. Trouble is, when they get a little older they will think like an older person. But then it is too late.

By: sjkg

sjkg — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 20:18:35 +0000

So what would it do to individual users’ privacy control if everybody joined this? One thing I like about Facebook is that it gives me (some) control over what is done with my information. Why would I want to turn my information over to some big new network over which I don’t have control? In other words, the silo can be good for individual users.

In order to provide privacy, you’d probably have to give people access to this network. But then I’d be interacting with that network rather than Facebook. So Facebook’s competitive advantage would suddenly be gone.

By: Timan Rebel

Timan Rebel — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 16:32:20 +0000

Google, Facebook en Plaxo in Data Portability Workgroup…

Google, Facebook en Plaxo hebben zich aangesloten bij de Data Portability Workgroup, zo werd gister bekend. De Data Portability Workgroup heeft zich als doel gesteld de gebruiker controle te laten houden over zijn gegevens. Simpel gezegd zou je straks…

By: //dopefreshtightblog

//dopefreshtightblog — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 15:55:50 +0000

Die Daten sind frei…

Whoa, es gibt viel Gerede zur Zeit. Geredet wird über freie Daten und offene Standards, um die Daten von A nach B zu schieben. Und da A und B seit gestern auch Facebook und Google sein könnten, wird jetzt noch mehr geredet.
Generell finde ich…

By: Alexey Gabsatarov

Alexey Gabsatarov — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 11:43:21 +0000

I do not see why Facebook (or in fact anyone except for a few players like Google and Ning) would ever voluntarily embrace social data portability concept.
Just think what would happen if all data becomes available to all social network sites? Given enough time, people will evenly distribute across ever-growing number of “containers”. Building a “container” will be no difficult than building a theme for WorldPress blog or a new social network on Ning and just as much profitable.

Google will indeed benefit from improving context relevant advertising. Facebook and other social network sites will lose.

By: Lynoure Braakman

Lynoure Braakman — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 07:59:48 +0000

“If you can’t beat them, join them”. I think simply joining a workgroup does not mean a company will be automatically embracing the goal. They might join just for the PR or in order to understand what’s going on.

By: Dennis Howlett

Dennis Howlett — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 07:23:25 +0000

While everyone is getting excited about this, let’s not forget this has to work in the context of legal frameworks which are very different. Tell me how that parses to the notion of a flat world where my attention data is free to roam the earth?

This is a dead duck on those grounds alone.

By: Technicle

Technicle — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 02:15:58 +0000

Good Facebook.. though, again, it’s the user who owns the data, and all serious social networking service provider should join..