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The problem with the current status-quo, especially in relation with the internet and the data privacy, is not that technology is bad but that so few understand it.
As a result, the internet original value proposition has been subverted and used against us.
Much like Elrond, the company behind Maiar browser that is also building the Elrond blockchain, Maiar takes its name from Tolkien’s Lord of The Rings universe.
Decades of technology advancements in personal computing, software technology and smart mobile devices have commoditised data, and transformed it into reusable digital packages that are virtually everywhere; copied, analyzed, sold and resold at the speed of light. The internet, proliferation of cloud infrastructures and democratized access to open-source software, have created the premises for many technology businesses to become attention merchants.
