As countries like Sweden push for cashless payments it seems the future of currency is electronic payments but is this a necessarily a good thing? Plus Facebook CEO Zuckerberg gets a grilling on Capital Hill and the W3C and FIDO Alliance announce WebAuthn, a password-free open standard supported by the latest version of Firefox.
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Patrick Beja.
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- Quick Hits
- (00:50) LG’s flagship G7 will launch in May | engadget
- (01:35) Google Home and Home Mini are now available in India | the verge
- (02:05)Bots in the Twittersphere | pew research center
- (02:45) Walmart taps Postmates for grocery delivery service
- More Top Stories
- (03:20) Update: Facebook rolls out $40K user data abuse bounty ahead of Zuckerberg’s Congressional testimony | tech crunch
- (06:05) Chrome and Firefox will support a new standard for password-free logins | the verge
- (07:45) First look at Instagram Nametags, its clone of Snapchat QR codes | tech crunch
- (09:30) Westworld trolls Reddit with spoiler video | bbc
- (11:55) Google launches an improved speech-to-text service for developers | tech crunch
- Discussion Story (14:55)
- The Swedes rebelling against a cashless society | bbc
- Going Cashless? Bad for Tax Cheats, Privacy, Poor | bloomberg
- Sweden’s March Toward a Cashless Society | bloomberg
- Megan McArdle: The downside of a cashless society | national post
- Thing of the Day
- Messages of the Day
- (27:15) David – Piling on Facebook
- Today’s Contributor
Hi Tom and Sarah and Roger,
Male, on the wrong side of 40, degree in computer sciences, and serious gadget freak and tech enthusiast .
Do not use Facebook, Twitter, Amazon(not available here), Apple products, Insta-Snap-Whats-Up, or any other “social media” type website(that I am aware of).
I do use Google products (phone/browser/maps/mail) but are never logged into an account when browsing the web.
I do take cyber security very serious, but that is not the reason for shunning social media.
I just do not find a compelling reason to use it. I can call, text or mail any family member/friend/business I need to. I can afford SMS’s(texts), and do not see why whatsapp is so popular?
ANYWAY, this is a roundabout way of saying OMG, I am getting fed up with all the facebook and social media news.
To me, they are just software programs, not unlike Excel or Google maps or VLC.
All this facebook stuff equates to Kardasian level gossiping in my mind – meaning I go blind and deaf for a few seconds at the mention of either.
Which is becoming dangerous, since I’m mostly driving when listening to the show……….
Maybe I am ALSO too close to the “GET OFF MY LAWN!!!” phase of my life.
Eish bruh (local expression)
Love you all
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Frans
Pretoria (South Africa)