Happy Sunday morning! Here are some nice reading suggestions, mostly on encryption and U.S. politics.
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February 21 · Issue #3 · View online
Martin Walfisz distracted by games, technology and politics.
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Happy Sunday morning! Here are some nice reading suggestions, mostly on encryption and U.S. politics. :) I’m going skiing for a week with the family, so the news digest will be on ice (hah!) for a few days.
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The Five Rules Of Australia's Most Successful Game Creator | Kotaku Australia
I find myself recommending this article to almost every game developer I talk to. Powerful advice from a very successful indie developer. Do yourself a favor, start your Sunday morning with some inspiration. :D
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The 227-Year-Old Statute Being Used to Order Apple to Endanger Your Privacy, Explained
So here’s some legal background to the FBI request for Apple to implement a backdoor into its’ devices.
“The All Writs Act gives courts power to issue orders that do not fall under a pre-existing law.”
That’s handing off quite some power to the courts. Do we have a similar legal statute in Sweden?
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If Apple loses to the FBI, we're all screwed
Good discussion about the slippery-slope argument. What happens to our society if Apple is forced to unlock the phone, and the FBI finds important, critical evidence?
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Hospital Pays $17,000 Ransom to Reclaim Its Files
I hadn’t heard of ransomware before. In a way, this is the other side of the Apple-encryption coin: with no possibility to hack our encryption algorithms, this is the world we’ll have. Still, it’s much better than having the government be able to access all our private information. Organisations will just have to build better security for their software, and backup their data reliably.
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Why one feminist woman is voting for Hillary Clinton over Bernie Sanders
Many interesting discussions about Sanders vs. Clinton in the news lately. This is an important take on the topic.
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Varieties of Voodoo - The New York Times
And Paul Krugman also continues his very vocal objections to Sanders. As much as I like the underlying principles of what Sanders is trying to do, I am worried that, through his likely simplification of the economics, he’s making himself a too-easy target for the republicans, come general election. I wish Sanders had ensured stronger support from more credible economists, before announcing the details of his plans.
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The Bernie Sanders campaign owes a lot to social media.
Sanders has masterfully stirred up an extremely strong grass-roots movement. This article looks at how our social media filters and “like-minded bubbles” affect our ability to take in dissenting information.
“The more time you spend online, and the less you care about traditional, broader media sources, the more time you’re spending with people who think just like you do. And that’s the lesson Facebook has announced over and over: People like spending time with people who agree with them!”
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Has Apple ever made a product with bad design? - Quora
I’ve never been an Apple fanatic; I still runt PCs with Windows 10 and before I made the switch to the iPhone and iPad, my love was in the Palm webOS camp. And despite Apples unprecedented design record (!), it’s not all been good as we can see here. :) Most recently, I think that the new Apple TV Remote is a case of good looks, but bad design.
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The Division is shaping up to be one of the most unique games of this generation | VG247
Ok, ok, I’m inherently biased when it comes to Massive. But The Division is looking great! Good work guys! :D
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Doers' Event
I’ve been to the last two Doers’ Event’s. Great place to meet fellow-entrepreneurs and share some experiences (in Malmö). I’m going in April, are you?
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