The Reed and Pickup

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Our clamour for new technology, new ways of doing things and the embrace of online living has a flaw --it puts our lives entirely in the hands of companies whose intentions are often unclear.

This week I’ve been moving my emails, passwords and various other things to a new provider because Proton decided to cross a line. Again…

The first was prioritising a crypto (a pyramid scheme for nerds) wallet ahead of a much-needed Drive app for Linux –I mean, there was me thinking they cared about privacy.

The second was getting political and backing an authoritarian under the pretence of said authoritarian sticking it to big tech. Just who the hell do you think he’s been wining and dining with since the election, Andy?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PSim_tZR1g