[iDC] Thought experiment for Independence Day...

[Doug Schuler]

Thought experiment for Independence Day...

How easy would it be to develop a “Public Google” that was distributed across tens of thousands of computers similar to the way that the SETI at home project uses the cycles of computers all over the world? 

I’m not sure how to keep the NSA out but this approach might be a good way to slow down the mining of personal data and provide a public alternative to the monopoly on search and access that Google has recently attained.

Of course after that the possibility of a Public Facebook etc. etc. also becomes more realistic?

This project seems do-able and the window may be shrinking?

Thanks for indulging me!

— Doug

Douglas Schuler
douglas at publicsphereproject.org
https://twitter.com/doug_schuler

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