Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee wants âpersonal empowermentâ for users, through his data startup
By Scott Kirsner Globe Correspondent,Updated December 29, 2020, 2:27 p.m.
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Tim Berners-Lee, cofounder and chief technology officer of Inrupt.Handout (Custom credit)
The inventor of the Web wants to fix what has proven to be one of the networkâs most significant weak points.
When Tim Berners-Lee began releasing the first Web software 30 years ago, the Web was primarily a platform for publishing information â creating websites that showcased a scientific project or information about a companyâs products. But todayâs Web is populated by companies that want to hoover up your data, whether itâs a dating site that wants to know about your hobbies or a bank that wants financial information to quote you a mortgage interest rate.