Technology

9 February 2021

Facebook vs. Apple: Battle of the Titans

Facebook and Apple are at war. Why? Well, people will say it’s about ‘user privacy’ but let’s be honest, the real answer is money, or rather, how each company makes it.…

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Social

26 January 2021

The WhatsApp Dilemma

On January 6, Facebook (which owns WhatsApp) issued users of WhatsApp an ultimatum—if they wished to continue using the messaging service, they would have to agree to share their personal information…

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Technology

12 December 2020

Gift Ideas for People with Privacy Concerns

Christmas is almost here. Considering the kind of year it has been, it only seems fitting to offer up some unusual gift ideas—specifically for those in your life that have…

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Technology

17 November 2020

Clearview AI is a BIG Problem

Clearview AI is a facial recognition database that is commonly leveraged by law enforcement and governments to make tracking down wanted persons much easier. The massive multi-billion photo collection and…

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Technology

14 September 2020

The Decentralists – Hot Topix: Trump Opens Pandora’s Box

When we said that Donald Trump was opening Pandora’s box by attempting to ban TikTok—we were right.

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Technology

16 July 2020

Clearview AI’s Threat to Privacy

Until recently, Canada’s Federal Police force, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) was buying facial recognition services from American tech company, Clearview AI—founded by known phisher and racist alt-right extremist Hoan Ton-That. As a…

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Technology

2 July 2020

The Decentralists – Hot Topix: A Brave New World

On this episode of The Decentralists, we discuss Brave — a so-called “private” web browser that just blew-up its own reason to exist.

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