iPhones have started asking users to log in to confirm their age or be denied access to 'adult' websites. The Daily Sceptic's IT reporter takes a closer look at what's going on – and where it could go next.
Following Sir U-Turn's latest backtrack, compulsory digital ID is dead (once again), at least for now. What should be the response of those on the Right, who care both about privacy and property rights?
Digital ID hasn't even been launched and it has already achieved its goal. You see, everyone was talking about fiscal black holes, small boats and Andy Burnham. Now all they're talking about is Brit Card.
A Digital Bill of Rights may sound appealing. But think about it for a moment. More poorly thought-through rights will just mean more vexatious, activist Lefty lawyers, says the Daily Sceptic's IT reporter.
Kemi claims Nigel is making up his membership numbers. But is he? To definitively prove he isn't, he should make his software open source, so we can see where the numbers are coming from.
What Elon Musk did to Twitter – slashing headcount by 75%, costs by hundreds of millions, inefficiency by up to 95% – he will now do to the Deep State if he is unleashed by Trump to make $2 trillion of savings.
The CrowdStrike debacle was not a harbinger of things to come if we introduce CBDCs, argues the Daily Sceptic's IT expert. A U.K. CBDC would be designated as Critical National Infrastructure and hence not be vulnerable.
Will society really collapse if there is a digital alternative for small change? Many sceptics are worried about the implications of the decline of cash and the arrival of CBDCs. But is the fearmongering justified?
Should we fear CBDCs? In part II of our guide to the War on Cash, we look at Central Bank Digital Currencies and the risks and opportunities they entail.
What is cash, why is it on the decline, why are governments complicit in getting rid of it, and why is there pushback against the 'War on Cash'? Get up to speed with our explainer.
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