Father of The Internet, Google, and Your Personal data

I read a very interesting article today about Tim Berners-Lee, the ‘inventor’ of the internet.  Really? I didn’t even know he was still alive. Actually, I never really thought about it – the internet has only been around for 30 or 40 years, so yeah, it makes sense that he’s still around. I guess with something so groundbreaking you tend to think of the inventor being long gone – like Thomas Edison or the inventor of the wheel.  Either way, the article talks about individuals needing to demand their personal data from web entities.  We spend so much of our lives on the internet, and companies are clamoring to collect our data, most likely to sell us more stuff.  None of us however asks for this data, or thinks to use it for our own advantage.  I won’t steal the writers work, because he does a much better job of describing the situation.  Go to The Guardian to check it out.

 

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