The Tanzanian law lots of western politicians would love to copy
The state-run Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA) just issued an order that lots of politicians in Europe, USA and generally the whole western “first world” would LOVE to be able to issue.
Two dumb ideas: abandoning encrypted email and using phone numbers as account names
The text below is NOT mine. But I agree with pretty much everything it says, and it says things about email, instant messaging and online identity that everybody should know, here it goes.
The stupidest EU proposal that you can and want to block NOW
Here is my own humble summary of the stupidest idea you NEED to block now in Europe, in the simplest possible terms.
The biggest, untold problem of using blockchain in agriculture
Blockchain is a promising technology that is still shock full of hype. Farming is a literally vital component of society that is in dire straits worldwide. What happens if the two try to work together?
China, Russia and California confirm urgent, worldwide need for Personal Clouds
“Data used to be much simpler”. Too simple, probably. Starting this year, we have one more reason to deploy personal clouds as soon as possible: peak data governance.
Teens have abandoned Facebook and it's bad
Don’t worry, I am not out of my mind. I still say we should all leave Facebook now. I still promote a way to do it that is jus a tiny bit more realistic and feasible in the short term than almost everything I’ve seen around so far. Still, the reasons and the way teens are abandoning Facebook are bad. Or, as a minimum, misreported.