Web3 Foundation is building an internet where users are in control of their own data, identity and destiny. Primary projects include @Polkadot & @kusamanetwork.
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We've been banging on about decentralisation for years.
Today, a @Google Cloud outage disrupted banking services across the UK, including @Revolut and @LloydsBank.
Turns out putting so much critical infrastructure in so few companies' hands has its drawbacks.
Who knew?
83 hours.
That's about how long it would take one modelled UK family to read the privacy documents tied to their everyday digital lives.
257 documents. Almost 1.19 million words.
How meaningful is informed consent when understanding the terms takes more than ten working days? 🧵 👇️
Of the 143 organisations examined in Web3 Foundation's latest research, 109 describe inference or profiling in their documentation.
As AI makes analysing large collections of information easier, questions about transparency, accuracy, and individual control are becoming increasingly important.
Should people have the right to know what organisations have inferred about them?
And should they be able to challenge those conclusions?
Our latest research examines the scale of everyday data collection and the limitations of existing approaches to consent.
Explore the findings: web3.foundation/insights
You might be surprised by how much your home knows about you. Your TV. Your car. Your smartwatch. Even your kids' devices.
Everyday technology can reveal more about your life than you realise.
Take our interactive Your Day in Data experience to see what this could look like in a household like yours.
🔒 No answers collected. No data stored.
Discover your day in data 👇
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Four stories. Four different ways personal data can slip out of our control.
In just a few weeks, we've seen mass surveillance, third-party breaches, commercial data exposure, and misuse of privileged access.
Here's what happened. 🧵
Different organisations. Different systems. Different failures, but one question connects them all:
Why do we continue building systems where so much personal information can be collected, accessed and exposed without meaningful control by the people it belongs to?
Privacy needs to be part of these systems' design, not just their security policies.
Our latest Everyday Surveillance white paper provides a more substantial follow-on for those who want to understand the wider implications.
Dive in: web3.foundation/insights
⚠️ Recruitment fraud warning
We've seen reports of scammers posing as recruiters for @Kusama, @Polkadot and the Web3 Foundation, asking applicants to pay for tests or assessments. In other cases, people are asked to download GitHub repos containing malicious code.
These are hoaxes.
Web3 Foundation does not charge people to apply for jobs. Polkadot and Kusama are decentralised networks, not employers.
Stay vigilant. Never pay to apply for a job, and be cautious before clicking on unsolicited links.
How many organisations could collect or process information about your everyday life?
New research from the Web3 Foundation examined six modelled households in the UK and the US.
The findings: between 44 and 88 organisations are associated with their daily routines.
Let's break it down 🧵
These activities are ordinary.
Watching television. Attending school. Buying something online. But each can contribute to a much larger personal data footprint than most people realise.
The question is how much visibility and control individuals have over that information.
Our latest white paper, Everyday Surveillance: What One Ordinary Day May Reveal About You, explores how routine digital activities create extensive opportunities for data collection and processing.
Explore the findings: web3.foundation/insights
