Dan Stone: how to own our identity, protect personal data, and escape LinkedIn

Can we introduce greater individual agency in the management of identity? Will that lead to better controls over personal data and less privacy risks? What is the problem with LinkedIn? Are we turning a page in the evolution and potential mass adoption of cryptographic solutions? How can we avoid storing personal information on the blockchain?

Dan has spent his career building products from 0-1 at the intersection of predictive analytics, AI/ML, and privacy.  He most notably served as a Group Product Manager at Google, where he built Google’s most sophisticated personalized marketing and cross-identity measurement products, Google Analytics and Google Signals, respectively. Prior to co-founding Icebreaker, he served as a Group Product Manager at Coinbase, where he led Consumer Trading, earning a patent for AI-assisted multi-chain intent orchestration.  He holds a BS in Management Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

References:

• Dan Stone on Icebreaker 

• Icebreaker: an open, decentralized professional networking platform

• Jamie Smith: AI Agents, digital identity, wallets and personal data (Masters of Privacy)

• Adrian Doerk: digital identity, digital wallets, and data protection (Masters of Privacy)

• Joana Mota: privacy compliance in a web3 world (Masters of Privacy)

• Gam Dias: On privacy, agency, convenience, and freedom (Masters of Privacy)

• Project VRM (Berkman Klein Center, Harvard University)

• Doc Searls, The Intention Economy