The Locker Project: Why Leave Data Tracking To Others? Do It Yourself

With companies looking to follow your data trail online, why not take possession of that information and find innovative uses for it yourself? That’s the question that Jeremie Miller -- the developer known for building the open-source protocol that powers many Instant Messaging programs -- is trying to answer. Miller is building the Locker Project, an open-source effort that allows users to capture and archive their own online “data exhaust,” the term used for the crumbs of data we leave behind as we move around the web.