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Market Makers

way or another, Europe is going to get their pound of flesh from companies like Apple and Google.

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In Through the Back Door

Break encryption for one, and you break it for all – leaving every file on every computer accessible by everyone.

How can the result be anything but anarchy?

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Identity

iDentity

Apple recently announced that they will add digital identity documents to the Apple Pay wallet on iPhones and eight US states have joined the program – effectively selling their citizens’ identities to Apple.

Governments should not be giving control of their citizens’ identity to a Big Tech company, and neither should you.

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The Decentralists – Hot Topix: An Epic Victory?

In a high profile trial, Epic Games has challenged the up-to-30% cut Apple takes from purchases – arguing that the App Store was monopolistic. 

Judge Yvonne Gonzalez-Rogers has finally made her decision…

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The Arrogance of Big Tech

What is it about technology companies and their nearly universal disregard for users, regulators and even society? Swimming in huge piles of cash like Scrooge McDuck, have they forgotten the difference between right & wrong?

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The Decentralists – Hot Topix: The Apple Doesn’t Fall Far From The Tree

Apple recently announced a new feature to be released in iOS 15 that would allow all photos stored on an iPhone and in iCloud to be scanned for child specific abusive material (CSAM). Theoretically Apple would be able to compare every iPhone photo to known CSAM material and identify people who create and share such villainous content.

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Identity

Are contact tracing apps a time bomb for civil liberties violations?

You didn’t install it. Apple and Google did it for you. According to the BBC, COVID-19 contact tracing is now baked into iOS and Android operating systems. This new functionality alerts…

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Technology

Pegasus – Winged horse or Trojan horse?

The most nefarious and dangerous malware is not what you think. Is it the latest and greatest ransomware from REvil or Darkside? Nope, it’s actually named Pegasus – from the Israeli technology company called NSO Group and it’s totally legit…kinda.

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The Decentralists – Hot Topix: Store Wars

On this episode of The Decentralists, we are talking about a literal Epic—as in, Epic Games’ antitrust battle against Apple and Google.

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The Decentralists – Hot Topix: Free Speech is not Free

While moderating social media is necessary, what’s to stop Big Tech monopolies from getting trigger-happy when it comes to banning apps? Will free speech cease to exist?

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