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• provide a basic set of optional Mozilla-hosted online services
• ensure that it is easy for people to set up their own services with freely available open standards-based tools
• provide users with the ability to fully control and customize their online experience, including whether and how their data should be shared with their family, their friends, and third-parties
• respect individual privacy (e.g. client-side encryption by default with the ability to delegate access rights)
• leverage existing open standards and propose new ones as needed
• build a extensible architecture like Firefox

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Overview of the Idea

1. browser metadata is pushed into the cloud (e.g. bookmarks, history, customizations, etc.)
2. this metadata is transparently reflected everywhere an individual gets online
3. we provide a basic framework for easily sharing and delegating access to this metadata to friends, family and third-parties
4. we build tools and APIs to extend this framework and to provide new user experiences

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• basic framework and server-side in place for testing and experimentation
• authentication with a single online service provider (e.g. labs.mozilla.com)
• bookmark and history synchronization to the server from multiple clients
• default encryption of all user data with a placeholder algorithm

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Weave 0.2 (Early 2008)

• initial Web service APIs for developers to build on
• user controls and ability to delegate (and revoke) access rights to specific bits of browser metadata
• UI to enable sharing on applicable interfaces

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