The Death of the Server/Client Internet Will Birth a New Era of Security, Privacy & Freedom
Today's Internet, while allowing millions of people to communicate and share information, does so at the expense of one’s privacy and security. Furthermore, this cannot change as long as we are dependent on Servers to act as both the agent of storage and transmission of information. The current reality comes with very high costs. Google and Facebook make Billions of dollars annually selling our private information to the highest bidder and an estimated 1.1 billion records were exposed during 2014. What does this really mean? Well, IBM estimates that the average data breach costs $3.8 million, with an average cost of between $145 and $154 per record
Don't we deserve a way to share our data that puts us in control? Well at least one company thinks so and they have been working on the solution for over 10 years. That company is MaidSafe of Troon, Scotland. In less than 2 minutes their video below provides a great introduction into the SAFE (Secure Access For Everyone) Network.
For the first time in history everyone will be able to anomalously and securely store anytime of personal or work data that doesn't disappear and for all practical purposes can't be hacked. Given this is such an improvement over the current Internet why hasn't someone done this before MaidSafe? Well it turns out to be an extremely complex, difficult endeavor involving multiple new inventive subsets of communication methods to realize a carefree seamless experience for the end user. For those interested in more technical analysis please explore MaidSafe's website at www.maidsafe.net, its Forum at forum.safenetwork.io and to view its truly open source RUST code see https://github.com/maidsafe. Obviously this level of innovation doesn't come without a lot of testing. Why not participate? The latest Development Report from the SAFE Network Forum explains everything: https://forum.safenetwork.io/t/maidsafe-dev-update-9th-august-2016/10649.
OK now that I may have your interest you may be wondering how in practice will I participate. Full participation is only months away. After 10 years that is good news. You simply download what is called the Safe Launcher, a small application file, that basically holds your unique sign in data and a data map of all files you have saved to the SAFE Network. Once you complete the sign in process you simply tell the network how much storage/disk space you are willing to commit to the Network and you are all set. All data is encrypted and stored forever. The following video describes the self –encryption process.
So that you don’t get the idea that the SAFE Network is only for data storage I want to briefly examine four derivative applications of the SAFE Network already in various stages of development. The First is Safe Exchange at www.safex.io
The Safe Exchange will allow anyone to create a digital item and a digital contract that can be traded, sold or exchanged with true cryptographic integrity. The exchange allows people to store and trade structured data without the necessity of a ‘trusted third party’. Thus both an EBay and Overstock environments can co-exist on the same platform with a rating system designed to allow privacy and autonomous transaction yet provide a system to rank participates for the benefit of all. More information can be found on the Safex Forum at https://safe.exchange.
The second application is called Project Decorum, a decentralized social platform for the SAFE Network. Project Decorum will deliver the freedom to organize and shape all your digital social activity exactly the way you want without any third party knowing all about you. More info at http://www.project-decorum.com.
Next up is n99 a spectacular approach to reward artists, writers and other creative people with all income being divided 99% to the artist and 1% to the platform. Consumers and artists win big time as most artists now receive 10% or less of the retail price of their work.
More at http://network99.io/.
The final example is what else but the place to find all apps that will be developed for the SAFE Network. More at http://safeappstore.io.
Will function just like the Apple or Android App Store only for Apps on the SAFE Network.
The SAFE Network will soon provide access to a world of great apps with security now not available. In time the free SAFE software will give you the world’s best and most secure email, messaging, social networks with no spying, private video conferencing, and much more. Participate in the testing now so you will be better prepared for its full launch, that link again is https://safenetforum.org/t/safe-network-test-7/10460.
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