There’s a huge new threat to privacy, and most people aren’t aware of it: the rise of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). These are digital currencies issued by central banks, rather than by a commercial bank or company. Around 100 countries are looking at the idea, and several – such as China and Nigeria – … Continue reading “The Latest Threat to Privacy: CBDCs – Central Bank Digital Currencies”
The last few days have seen widespread excitement about the launch of Meta’s new Twitter rival, Threads. The uptake has been rapid: 30 million people signed up for Threads in the first 24 hours, and after five days, the number had reached 100 million. Despite its surging popularity, privacy issues surrounding the app have loomed … Continue reading “Meta’s New Twitter Rival Threads Has Complex Privacy Issues”
BitTorrent was developed in 2001: today’s file-sharing technology predates the launch of Facebook, Twitter, and the iPhone. In those fifteen years, surveillance and repression technologies have advanced massively. If we designed file sharing today to keep up with these developments, sharing technology would be an uncensorable, untrackable, and unidentifiable peer-to-peer mesh network between mobile devices. … Continue reading “BitTorrent is fifteen years old. What would a file sharing technology developed today look like?”
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The crowdfunding to the investment company “The DAO”, which has exceeded one hundred million US dollars and counting, has the old world in confusion. “How can something leaderless run a company, or be trusted with an investment?”, we hear. This shows the real depth of the digital divide. The DAO – short for Distributed Autonomous … Continue reading “The DAO raises $100 million: How the old world really can’t comprehend the new world”