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#19 – Brooklyn Zelenka: UCAN, Beehive, Beelay

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Empowering User-Controlled Authorization with UCAN

This chapter delves into the User Controlled Authorization Networks (UCAN) system, highlighting its advantages over traditional role-based access control methods. It emphasizes the granularity of permissions users can manage, using analogies to clarify the distinction between traditional access controls and capability-based systems. The discussion also addresses the challenges faced by developers in establishing effective permission policies and advocates for enhanced user agency in data management.

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