Tim Berners-Lee's Inrupt, which helps people control their data, has raised ~$20M to date and is piloting projects with UK's National Health Service and others
Tim Berners-Lee wants to put people in control of their personal data. He has technology and a start-up pursuing that goal. Tweets: @gilestremlett , @tprstly , @snazzyazzy , @donelson52 , @mikemongo , and @rschon Tweets: Giles Tremlett / @gilestremlett : Taking back control? He Created the Web. Now He's Out to Remake the Digital World. https://www.nytimes.com/... Theo Priestley / @tprstly : He's still banging this drum on deaf ears. Nobody cares. Nobody wants this hassle. Get over it Tim. https://www.nytimes.com/... Azmina / @snazzyazzy : Others became internet billionaires, while Mr. Berners-Lee became the steward of the technical norms intended to help the web flourish as an egalitarian tool of connection and information sharing. https://www.nytimes.com/... William Donelson / @donelson52 : “Companies could gain access to a person's data, with permission, through a secure link for a specific task like processing a loan application or delivering a personalized ad. They could link to and use personal information selectively, but not store it.” https://www.nytimes.com/... Mike Mongo / @mikemongo : Wait the inventor of the World Wide Web is only 65? This fills me with hope! https://twitter.com/... Roger C. Schonfeld / @rschon : “Too much power and too much personal data, he says, reside with the tech giants...The idea is that each person could control his or her own data — websites visited, credit card purchases, workout routines, music streamed — in an individual data safe” https://www.nytimes.com/...