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by darkerside 2779 days ago
This is utterly wishful thinking, but I wish we had a technically literate government that could help foster technical solutions, without necessarily building them.

Example: personal data format standards, making it simple to export your data from one platform to another,

Another example: regular vertical spread of data companies, so they can collect but not utilize, and you must be notified of anything sold about you (e.g. inclusion on an email list)