By April Liu and Virginia Fournari The individual is both the creator and user of her own data. Companies collect personal data, use it for various purposes like improving products and anticipating consumer behavior, and return those benefits to consumers. Big Tech’s multi-faceted uses of data generate new economic value, prompting questions on how consumers can be fairly … [Read more...] about Taxation in the Data Economy: The “Invisible” Competition
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Email — “Solutions Watch” with James Corbett
By The Corbett Report Did you sign up for The Corbett Report email update list? Are you still receiving emails? If not, why not? Today on #SolutionsWatch, James takes a look at one of the simple, oft-neglected ways of staying in touch with others, email, and how it is under attack from the big tech information oligopolists. SHOW NOTES: Really Simple Syndication … [Read more...] about Email — “Solutions Watch” with James Corbett
The “Shop Safe Act” Is a Perfect Example of How the Government Rigs the Market
By Hannah Cox With the right bogeyman, you can accomplish practically anything. And in Big Tech, Congress seems to have found its perfect excuse to go after the free market under the guise of protecting Americans from Silicon Valley—a ruse both Republicans and Democrats are falling for. Among these schemes is a piece of legislation currently floating around the halls of … [Read more...] about The “Shop Safe Act” Is a Perfect Example of How the Government Rigs the Market
This is How We #TakeBackOurTech with Ramiro Romani
By Derrick Broze Derrick Broze interviews Ramiro Romani, the mind behind #TakeBackOurTech and a member of the Greater Reset and Freedom Cell Network team. Get the Above Phone: https://above-agency.com/above-phone/ Find Ramiro’s work: Above Agency: https://above-agency.com/ Ramiro’s Telegram channel: neo_network https://t.me/neo_network Derrick is the … [Read more...] about This is How We #TakeBackOurTech with Ramiro Romani
The EARN IT Act Threatens Privacy, but This Developer Is Fighting Back with an Encrypted Messaging System Based on Bitcoin Cash
By Will Heasman Bitcoin Cash developer Chris Troutner has taken the fight for privacy to new levels after creating an encrypted messaging system that harnesses Bitcoin Cash transactions. Dubbed bch-encrypt, the system works in a similar way to email encryption. "In email, you get someone's public key, encrypt the message, and only the person with the private key can … [Read more...] about The EARN IT Act Threatens Privacy, but This Developer Is Fighting Back with an Encrypted Messaging System Based on Bitcoin Cash
Burner Cards and Financial Privacy
By J.P. Koning Our ability to make private payments is already quite limited. I sometimes wonder if the wiggle room we currently have will have shrunken or expanded ten years from now. Economist Charles Kahn, is optimistic about the future of financial privacy. “…the demand for privacy, like the demand for other aspects of payments services, is multifaceted,” he writes. … [Read more...] about Burner Cards and Financial Privacy
Doing What You Want With Your Money Is a Fundamental Right
By Jamie Redman Since the birth of Bitcoin, crusaders fighting for the separation of money and state discovered a new payment tool that bypasses the nation state’s control over the monetary system. For over ten years now, lots of people have been using digital currencies to hide from prying eyes of governments in order to free themselves from a system that contributes to … [Read more...] about Doing What You Want With Your Money Is a Fundamental Right
When Cash Is Banned, Centralized Cryptos Are Not Going to Save You
By Graham Smith Australia is now moving forward with its proposed legislation to ban cash purchases over 10,000 AUD ($6,900) for business purposes. According to the treasury website: “The Black Economy Taskforce recommended this action to tackle tax evasion and other criminal activities.” While many Aussies are celebrating Bitcoin’s exclusion from this clause, others find … [Read more...] about When Cash Is Banned, Centralized Cryptos Are Not Going to Save You
5 Social Networks to Use in 2019 Instead of Facebook
By Jake Anderson In recent years, the tide of public opinion has slowly but surely turned against the intrusive actions of Big Tech companies. People are tired of corporations mining their personal information and censoring or manipulating their content online and, as a result, the biggest social networks, like Facebook and YouTube, are beginning to see a noticeable exodus … [Read more...] about 5 Social Networks to Use in 2019 Instead of Facebook