Privacy
The Internet generally and the business models of consumer tech companies specifically mean that the default outcome is the end of privacy.
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Apple’s position on privacy seems unimpeachable, but it ignores trade-offs, and risks a bad outcome for the Internet as a whole.
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The current privacy debate is making things worse by not considering trade-offs, the inherent nature of digital, or the far bigger problems that come with digitizing the offline world.
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Just as encryption is only viable on closed systems, so it is that increased privacy regulations will only entrench walled gardens. That should affect thinking on regulation.
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Daily Update: In Denise Kote’s World, Everyone Loses; Defending Samsung; Xiaomi Apologize for Data Collection
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Daily Update: Zillow Acquires Trulia, Samsung Delays Tizen Again, China Investigating Microsoft
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Daily Update: Split Microsoft Follow-up, Yahoo Buys Flurry, Valuing Privacy…Or Not