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2026-06-12 prose

Owning my data · outline

if I can't move it, inspect it, or delete it, I don't own it
- I'm trying to keep ownership of the data of my life
- two separate choices
  - what gets recorded: how much, in what detail, and when
  - what gets shown: to whom, and in how much detail
  - they are independent: record everything, show nothing
- I'm trying this out in Tukur
  - sharing my location is one choice; what people see is another
- third parties seem fine when I can leave
  - Supabase: I can take my Postgres dump and go
- the oldest version: a folder of plain text notes
  - tools come and go, and the files stay
- before building something new, I ask whether I end up owning more of my data or less