#AxisOfEasy 145: Software model behind global lockdown turns out to be garbage

by Mark E. Jeftovic on May 12, 2020

In this issue:

CCP monitors foreign WeChat to tune domestic censorship
Negative oil price triggers trading software bug, wipes out trader
What to do about fake news when the gatekeepers are worse
Open server triggers privacy fears around contact tracing apps
Canada’s privacy commissioners issue statement on contact tracing apps
Zoom acquires Keybase
The dream is over: Google scuttles smart city plan for Toronto
Facebook assembles 20-person “Supreme Court of Free Speech”
GitHub takedown Popcorn Time BitTorrent client, again
Youtube deletes David Ickes’ channel

This week on the Axis:

Software model behind global lockdown turns out to be garbage
Jesse Hirsh on the acceleration of cybercrime
Charles Hugh Smith: The Way of the Tao is Reversal
AoE Salon #3: The Future is Inherently Political

Show notes: https://AxisOfEasy.com/145

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#AxisOfEasy 145: Software model behind global lockdown turns out to be garbage

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One response to “#AxisOfEasy 145: Software model behind global lockdown turns out to be garbage”

John Stevenson says:

May 13, 2020 at 8:36 am

This Week’s Quote: “The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary.”…by ???

H. L. Mencken

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