From b10f59cf9d5a8e2f082dc239752f75510f7412bb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: ubuntu Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2022 11:30:08 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] automated commit from wiki --- data exports should have to work as data imports.md | 5 +++++ one weird hack.md | 1 + 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+) create mode 100644 data exports should have to work as data imports.md create mode 100644 one weird hack.md diff --git a/data exports should have to work as data imports.md b/data exports should have to work as data imports.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c54bde5 --- /dev/null +++ b/data exports should have to work as data imports.md @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@ +My [One Weird Hack](#one weird hack) idea for [adversarial interoperability](#adversarial interoperability) is that companies should be required to allow re-importing their exported data, with very limited security exceptions (honestly I haven't thought of any good ones, but let's say there are some). Along with existing hand wavey "you can't make the [format proprietary](#proprietary formats)" restrictions, this would mean that there would have to be some actual thought put into making the data usable and not capriciously changing the format. That would provide a more stable surface for other tools / companies to work against. + +You could argue this would "stifle innovation" but it seems like a company could always just trash anything [GDPR](#gdpr)-relevant that got in the way of a desired format change -- the laws are supposed to make it always easier to keep less data around, after all. + +I think you could make a case that this is necessary for meaningful consumer choice; I can't delete my data when I switch from photo-storage-provider X to photo-storage-provider Y without losing a bunch of [metadata](#metadata) I'd have to re-add if I wanted to switch back (and in the real case I'm thinking of, that'd be a pain in the ass). \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/one weird hack.md b/one weird hack.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3d4dce9 --- /dev/null +++ b/one weird hack.md @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +Like the banner ads. When invoked of one's own idea, self-denigrating. Oversimplification longed for because of the weight of the complexity/difficulty of an issue. \ No newline at end of file