Intro to Me2B (1/4)
Introduction to Me2B (1/4)
Thursday 11B
Convener: Lisa LeVasseur
Notes-taker(s): Thomas Berry
Tags for the session - technology discussed/ideas considered:
Discussion notes, key understandings, outstanding questions, observations, and, if appropriate to this discussion: action items, next steps:
1. Notes received from Thomas Berry:
Trustable Technology
- formal vocabulary is still in the works
- Open to feedback if something isn’t quite right
- Define, Specify, Certify, Educate public
Vision (A) To restore human dignity in connected products and services
Vision (B) Achieving Digital Dignity: realizing the Social Contract in the 21st century
Comment:
- should emphasize “confidence” and trust
Group prefers A
Recommended Vision: Achieving Digital Dignity in connected products and services
The Problem:
Today’s consumer technology marketplace is dominated by business models that are exploiting people.
Ecosystem - Trusted Engagement between individual and business
Usability must be effortless
How to balance the scale: business models got us here; new business models are needed; people need options (choices)
Disruption: Consumer adoption/consumer pull — critical mass of useful apps/services
new category: Me2B
App Developers: Solid, Hub of All Things (HAT), Lifescope, Citizen Me, Digi.me, [people.io], whimsical
Make it economically practical for app developers: interoperability (specs defined)
Write once; port with ease
Why a market-making consortium
- This has been done before:
- CDMA development group
- cut and pasted specs from two competing specs
- Performed certification of devices and network equipment
- Promoted awareness & adoption of CDG to create CDMA market
- CDMA-GSM: underlying technology of mobile phones
- Comparable standards body: Bluetooth.org
Underdogs Unite!
Mission: Growing the marketplace for trustable technology choices
Technology Stakeholders: technology consumers and technology suppliers
Bring consumer voice into the stakeholder conversation
Value to technology consumers: Education, mitigation, reduced harm, hallmarks: safe, fair, trustable, respectful
Value to technology suppliers: support develop, integrate, market, and brand/certify
There are choice; suppliers can opt-out
Allow for competition: raise all boats
Success of eco system depends on thriving competition
Things that need to be done
- Usability principles [Research]
- Define what the ethical business models are
- Code of practice
- Me2B certification
- Me2B interoperability specification
- Digital Dignity Lab (vital)
- Me2B interoperability specification
- Consumer outreach
- Regulatory support (vital)
- Me2B user panel
- Marketplace of certified devices, platforms, apps
- TLC-IP
- Unified vocabulary
- Realization: Multiplicity/proliferation of words for the same thing
Commentary (paraphrased):
- there are a lot of ideas
- feels a lot like the BBB, Trusty mark, Angie’s List
- Providers can be forced to do things once they sign
- Missing community and identity (cultural)
- Could belong in code of practice or user panel
- suggestion: this be more prominent
- The time is right for this
- “Anything to put a string through pearl, rock, and gem”
- Similar to efforts in Linux Foundation
- Realization that the everyone has to work together
- There is the beginnings of an incentive right now
- There’s a heightened awareness of ethics
- Emphasis: This is intended to be an alliance, not a consortium
- Wants to be an enabler/supporter of standards; this is as “stickish” as this wants to get; this is intended to be more carrot (encouraging)
- Don’t be disheartened if there isn’t an immediate response; this may be an advanced idea that is ahead of its time.
Progress to date
- 25 people on mailing list
- Organizations committee (4 individuals)
- Lisa LeVasseur
- Johannesburg Ernst
- Andrew Hughes
- Mark Lizar
Catalyzers
- Academia
- Policy/Regulatory
- Legal
- Standards
- Other NPOs
- Diverse disciplines: sociology, philosophy, design, legal, technology development
Founder: Arlene Harris, Wrethinking, The Foundation, Family LIfe Management Solutions
2019 Me2B Certificate v1
- Code of practice
- Education
- Organization Structure
- First 20 services certified
2020 growth & Me2B alliance stand-up
- reporting & auditing
- Marketing
2021 Data portability...
2022 international standards
[me2b.us ]
- sign-up for Alliance Mailing List
- Join a working group
- Code of practice
- Consumer
- vendor
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