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The #GeekProblem: Why Open Development Is Stuck in a Dead End

It’s no sin to have to submit to the #dotcons overlords—we all do it, whether we like it or not. Just recently, I found myself installing that vile spyware known as #WeChat because this was the only way to talk to the people I needed to talk to. That bitter swipe to hide the app from view brought a momentary sense of agency, but the reality remains: we are still too often failing at building out the #openweb that normal people find useful The fundamental question is: why? It's too […]

hamishcampbell.com/the-geekpro

hamishcampbell.comThe #GeekProblem: Why Open Development Is Stuck in a Dead End – Hamish Campbell
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Misinformation was rife as the wildfires spread across Los Angeles last month, and that wasn’t just happening in English language media. For @thexylom, Aorui Pi explains how platforms like WeChat and RedNote served as a vector for fake news, which may have made life harder for Chinese immigrants living in fire-affected areas.

thexylom.com/post/how-unverifi

The Xylom · How Unverified Claims About the LA Wildfires Spread Across Chinese-Language MediaBy Aorui Pi
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@fasterandworse
> any kind of "everything app" should be seen as captivity

When I lived in China I found I couldn't socially exist without their everything app; WeChat. Even putting aside the privacy horrorshow, the power TenCent have because every other company effectively has to transact through WC is terrifying.

When FarceBook tried to do the Libra/ Diem payment integration, it was obvious who they were emulating. Very glad it failed.

X Everything App: Elon Musk plant Konkurrenz zu Apple Pay
Elon Musk verfolgt weiterhin seine Vision einer umfassenden Super-App. Die „X Everything App“ soll noch in diesem Jahr auf den Markt kommen und unter anderem eine mobile Zahlungsplattform integrieren. Damit tr
apfeltalk.de/magazin/news/x-ev
#News #Tellerrand #ApplePay #DigitaleZahlungen #ECommerce #ElonMusk #Fintech #Kryptowhrungen #MobilePayment #SuperApp #WeChat #X

Von #noyb #noybeu @noybeu

TikTok, AliExpress & Co liefern europäische Daten an China aus.

Nach zwei erfolgreichen Anfechtungen des #Datentransferabkommen's zwischen den #USA und der #EU nehmen wir nun chinesische #TechUnternehmen genauer unter die Lupe: Mitte Januar haben wir Beschwerden gegen #TikTok, #AliExpress, #SHEIN, #Temu, #WeChat und #Xiaomi wegen unrechtmäßiger #Datentransfer's nach #China eingereicht.

Es gibt genügend Gründe, sich Sorgen über die Übermittlung persönlicher ..

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