# Brendan Eich on privacy, user data, and the network problem

DevFeed: [Brendan Eich on privacy, user data, and the network problem](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-next-mission-37576.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://brendaneich.com/2014/04/the-next-mission/>)

Author: Brendan Eich

Published: 2014-04-03T23:12:11Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Brendan Eich](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/brendan-eich.md>)

Topics: [Network](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/network.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data.md>), [Firefox](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/firefox.md>), [Mozilla](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/mozilla.md>), [private cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/private-cloud.md>), [zero-knowledge](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/zero-knowledge.md>), [browser](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/browser.md>), [trust](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/trust.md>)

Tags: [cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data.md>), [firefox](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/firefox.md>), [mozilla](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mozilla.md>), [networks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/networks.md>), [privacy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/privacy.md>), [uncategorized](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/uncategorized.md>), [zero-knowledge](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/zero-knowledge.md>)

## AI overview

Brendan Eich reflects on privacy, user data, and the concentration of power in network-driven markets. He proposes exploring client-side and private-cloud systems, zero-knowledge proofs, and protocols to give users more bargaining power and economic value.

## Source excerpt

Slides for the brief talk that I gave at a Harvard seminar on privacy and user data organized by John Taysom last week. My talk was really more about the "network problem" than the "protocol problem". Networks breed first- and second-mover winners and others path-dependent powers, until the next disruption. Users or rather their data ... Continue reading "The Next Mission"