The international research project Ubiquitous Commons is attempting to “design a legal and technological toolkit that will allow people and organizations to be able to decide how the data they generate is used,” reports Forbes. The team, led by TED, Eisenhower and Yale World fellow Salvatore Iaconesi and communication scientist Oriana Persico, has already developed a “working concept under the form of a browser plugin,” Iaconesi says, and is now “working on the possibility to implement the same type of technology in devices.” As opposed to trying to subvert the current system, the goal instead is to make consumers and organizations aware that another exists and it may be mutually beneficial, the report states.
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