Macworld: News: Facebook wants to make members' data portable
What an interesting concept! Facebook, a site I've been wary of (even though I do use the site regularly) due to it's closed-in nature, is reporting that it wants to make "the social network’s profiles portable, so that they can move that data to other online services if they want, the company’s CEO said Wednesday.....It’s the users’ data. We want to [make it portable.] That’s the goal...”
What an interesting concept and potentially very revolutionary. Facebook admittedly have been at the forefront of open access (although for 3rd party services, not themselves) so it's no surprise they're the first network to do so. Still though, could this become the secure sign-on that people have wished for for years? Think about it - sign into your Facebook account and it gives you access to use your data everywhere else without about having to supply more info. Outlandish, but entirely plausible if they play this right......
I'm interested to see where this goes!
Unfortunately, this shows just how limited my old companies systems are - without even a widget to use their own application externally yet. How frustrating......
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