Covid has been a bonanza for certain sectors, particularly tech based as it has forced adoption of tech that would have been ruminated over previously.

Covid-19 is compressing and accelerating trends that would have taken decades to play out. Surveillance capitalism is being expedited due to the pandemic and will have ramifications for years to come. “Before the coronavirus, surveillance capitalism was already a big worry — Big Tech companies were vacuuming up data from laptops, front doors, appliances, kitchens, living rooms, and smartphones and selling the resulting market intelligence for hundreds of billions of dollars a year. Now, touchless technology suggests a new front in the age of around-the-clock commercialized surveillance, hackable by Iran, China, North Korea, Russia, or any number of private actors, well- or malignly intended.”

The surveillance state accelerating in power and legitimacy. Privacy is becoming nonexistent.

We need blockchain solutions to privacy encroaching data harvesting ASAP!

Before the coronavirus, surveillance capitalism was already a big worry — Big Tech companies were vacuuming up data from laptops, front doors, appliances, kitchens, living rooms, and smartphones and selling the resulting market intelligence for hundreds of billions of dollars a year. Now, touchless technology suggests a new front in the age of around-the-clock commercialized surveillance, hackable by Iran, China, North Korea, Russia, or any number of private actors, well- or malignly intended. It is an unusual, once-in-a-lifetime, super-charging event for Clear and its surveillance rivals, rebranding themselves while becoming an answer for companies, offices, and agencies everywhere contemplating how to safely reopen

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Leading Indian IT company, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), is launching a cryptocurrency trading solution for banks to allow their customers to invest in cryptocurrencies. TCS is part of the Tata group, India’s largest multinational business group, and is listed on two stock exchanges in India.

The crisis is compressing and accelerating trends that would have taken decades to play out