Month: August 2021
If you don’t live under a rock, you’ve probably heard of Facebook—but have you ever heard of Automattic—one of Facebook’s primary rivals? You’re probably familiar with many of Automattic’s famous products…
For the past three months I’ve been warning people about the dangers of contact tracing. I’ve said that if we continue to use centralized services to monitor potential spreaders of…
Throughout our lives, we are required to show ID (e.g., birth certificate, driver’s license, passport) to identify ourselves—to prove our true identity. We consider those documents valuable—we make sure they…
How much does blockchain impact the CIA triad? Peer Social advisor Farshad Abasi, Founder of Forward Security, writes about the importance of information security. In Part 1, we explained the importance of the…
Does peer-to-peer have a future? If P2P networking is so great for users why not use it as the basis for the Internet 30 years in the future? In the…