◄ Primary Topics Covered:
The emergence of new communication protocols in the Web Three movement, including encrypted messaging protocols that could replace email.
The importance of user-owned data, choice, and optionality in operating the internet in Web Three.
The need for easy-to-build websites and standardization of user data storage and sharing in Web Three.
The ethical dilemma of personal data being collected and sold by big data companies without user consent in Web Three.
The potential for crypto wallets to be monetized and undervalue user data in Web Three, and the importance of educating consumers on the value of their data.
The potential of Bitcoin and blockchain technology to replace centralized server architectures beyond the financial industry.
◄ Episode Description
Connor Borrego is a specialist in Web3, cryptocurrency, crypto wallet technology, an advocate for digital rights, and the CEO Playhaus, a smart wallet for content creators.
On the internet, your virtual identity and your personal data do not belong to you - the vast amount of data that makes up your behaviors, your preferences, and your demographic information is the product that big data companies collect and sell to the highest bidder. In a world where significant parts of our lives exist solely on the internet, this practice has gone from behind the curtain to center stage, revealing a complex ethical problem that must be solved as the digital era begins to mature.
Imagine a world where your data, where your virtual identity, belongs to you. Where you have advanced yet simple to use tools to protect your data from prying eyes, and where you, and not a major corporation, have the ability to shop your own data out to the highest bidder.
In this interview, Connor Borrego presents real solutions on how to make this world possible, in which internet users can utilize encrypted browsers and crytowallets to “put a condom on their data,” and to open a direct line of communication with companies that would like to purchase data directly from the user. Let’s explore the alternatives to the big-data ecosystem, where the power is returned to the consumer. Let’s discover an internet model that is technologically advanced, where policy is transparent, and where human beings may communicate and coexist equally, peacefully, and morally in a virtual environment.
◄ Episode Timestamps
(00:00) Introduction
(3:42) Overview of different communication protocols emerging
(5:09) Explanation of Web Three movement and its focus on user-owned data, choice, and optionality in operating the internet
(8:19) Discussion on how encrypted messaging protocols may replace email
(14:20) Importance of easy to build websites in the context being discussed
(17:13) Overview of Brave browser and its privacy features
(19:20) Discussion on data ownership and how Web Three allows for standardization
(23:25) Ethical dilemmas surrounding personal data collection without consent
(27:42) Use of crypto wallets and their connection to Web Three blockchain websites
(32:18) Importance of educating consumers about the value of their data
(35:38) Origins of Bitcoin and how it works
(38:26) Potential use of blockchain technology beyond the financial industry
(41:15) Need for developers to focus on building a more equitable internet
◄ Episode Topic Score
Culture (7)
Design (8)
Education (9)
Environment (4)
Science (5)
Technology (10)
◄ Topical Keywords
Web Three
Cryptocurrency
Digital identity
Data ownership
Encryption
◄ Additional Episode Resources
Playhaus: https://playhaus.agency/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/connorborrego
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