WeChat: From Medium to Mediator

China’s omnipresent app regulates much of society. Will it be a blueprint or cautionary tale?

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Highway Privacy: It Tolls for Thee

Massachusetts moves to all-electronic tolling on its toll roads. Your state may be next. But while it speeds travel, it removes another freedom: that of travelling anonymously.

By Mo Lotman | September 21, 2016 | Automation, Privacy, Transportation | AET, Anonymity, Cashless, Data, Highways, Maintenance, Massachusetts Turnpike, Pay-by-Plate, Taxation, Tolls, travel

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