“The transition to CBDCs will be completely voluntary, though. You needn’t worry!” Alexei Moiseev, Russia’s deputy minister of finance, is the world’s most candid space lizard. When he announced in a September 2021 interview that “the digital ruble is a replacement for the cash ruble”, skeptics and haters spread hurtful rumors that Moiseev’s refreshing and…
As 2023 continues, the European Commission appears busy developing and running pilots for its EU Digital Identity Wallet (EUDI), which it intends to make available to all EU citizens in the near future. But while the European Commission (EC) boasts the prospective EUDI’s convenience, security, and wide range of prospective use cases in daily life, what’s…
From 30 September, new terms and conditions will apply to Microsoft customers. If you do not adhere to a vague code of conduct when using products of the quasi-monopolist, your account can be blocked and you can lose access to all paid or free services and your data stored there. Recourse is available on a…
From 2025, health insurers are to create an electronic file for every patient who does not expressly object. Guest author Andreas Heyer criticises this because he fears data misuse. There are already examples of this from abroad. By Andreas Heyer.* So far, apparently only a few patients see any benefit in having their health and…
Translation of June 5, 2023 World Health Organization announcement. The World Health Organization (WHO) and European Commission have announced today the launch of a landmark digital slavery partnership. In June 2023, WHO will take up the European Union (EU) pilot project of digital COVID-19 slave control to establish a global system that will help facilitate…
Technology expert Michael Rectenwald, PhD, told The Defender that a digital passport system under the guise of preserving freedom “means restrictions on movement and living for the unvaccinated and forced vaccination to participate in life.” The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the European Commission – the executive branch of the European Union (EU) – launched…
