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by jruohonen 910 days ago
The paper linked is also worth reading:

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13347-020-00404-9

It builds on the foundational concept of informational self-determination, and highlights well the various schisms involved. Therefore, I remain also a little skeptical about the NFT/blockchain/etc. solutions at a non-technical level.

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Data ownership as a redistributive element is very appealing I must say
> Data ownership as a redistributive element

Of course, and especially regarding non-personal data, but with personal data you always have the fundamental issues discussed in the paper. At a technical level, for instance, you have the issues with the right to erasure, the right to correction, and some other rights; I haven't followed the blockchain space close enough to know where the state-of-the-art is.

Fair