[davidy123]

> With SOLID any site can simply say "we need your tax records to prove you're a human or combat fraud whatever".

This is not true. But there are human factors issues to solve. Personal AI will help.

Most of what google &c possess is inference and real-time metadata, which is the real dark magic. Giving people precise control over their identity and information via standards will be a huge gain, but it's not an easy task.

[1oooqooq]

You just highlighted how the narrative really coopt smart people into not seeing the externalities.

[davidy123]

Companies will drag this forward anyway. Apple into their proprietary tent, everyone else in every direction they can. It's a very legitimate role of government to try to put some controls on this mess, and the ideas behind those controls is a better next generation system.