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But how will IBM, Mastercard, Microsoft, or anyone else initiate its own consumer-centric digital identity model if the consumer’s identity is already locked up tight inside the Apple ecosystem?

From Uh-Oh! Is Apple Expanding the Restriction on NFC to Include Mobile Identity?.

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Britons have called for the scrapping of 1p and 2p coins after it was revealed the Royal Mint made none last for the first time in nearly 50 years.

From ‘I throw them in the BIN!’: Britons call for scrapping of 1p and 2p coins | Daily Mail Online.

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As Apple has ramped up its privacy push, it has targeted Facebook

From Facebook Hit by Apple’s Crackdown on Messaging Feature — The Information.

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A majority (58%) of Australians are ‘somewhat concerned’ or ‘very concerned’ about biometric data being used to gain access to a licensed pub, club or hotel

From Preventing another Australia Card fail | Australian Strategic Policy Institute | ASPI.

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Checking into hotel in Canberra for Tech in Gov conf identity stream.
Hotel: Do you mind if I take a copy of your driver’s license?
Me: I’d rather you didn’t
Hotel: Okay I’ll just show it to the duty manager then
Me: Great identity story for tomorrow.

— Victoria Richardson (@victoriajane)

August 5, 2019

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North Korea has generated an estimated $2 billion for its weapons of mass destruction programs using “widespread and increasingly sophisticated” cyberattacks to steal from banks and cryptocurrency exchanges, according to a confidential U.N. report seen by Reuters on Monday.

From North Korea took $2 billion in cyberattacks to fund weapons program: U.N. report – Reuters.

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The technology is already having an impact in unexpected ways. In April, the transportation payment app Tianfu Tong caused many tech-savvy commuters to be late for work in Chengdu when it stopped generating new QR codes. Commuters were forced to line up at ticketing machines to buy tickets like it was the 20th Century.

From QR code payments make long commutes even longer in China | Abacus.

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But as company vice president Alice Chan told Eater SF, they didn’t found Zippin to squash Amazon Go directly. Instead, they want to sell their technology to potential Amazon Go competitors and spread the wealth.

“We don’t want to be a retailer opening a lot of stores, but our goal is to power other retailers,” Chan explained to Eater SF.

From Another checkout-free store opened in SF. Here’s how it compares to Amazon. – SFGate.

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BMW’s website now reveals that beginning with the 2019 model year, it’s turning the CarPlay interface between iPhones and the vehicle’s infotainment system into a subscription service.

From How BMW’s new annual fee for Apple CarPlay could define the IoT | Network World.

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The UK government’s troubled £154m digital identity project Verify is to be flagged red by Whitehall’s major projects watchdog, meaning delivery looks unachievable

From Red flag: Verify to be marked ‘undeliverable’ by gov projects watchdog • The Register.

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If checkable deposits become central bank liabilities, the loanable funds they provide will no longer be allocated by the competitive private banking system, but rather by the government, which is a recipe for inefficiency and cronyism.

From Efficient “Central Bank Digital Currency” is a Fantasy – Alt-M.

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