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End of the Road
Read more: End of the RoadAfter a decade of advocating for the developer community, the time has come to wind down the Developers Alliance. For some of you, this may come as a shock. As…
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There Is No Privacy without Encryption, Say EU Data Protection Authorities
Read more: There Is No Privacy without Encryption, Say EU Data Protection AuthoritiesInteresting news out of Europe, as the EU’s data protection authorities (Working Party 29) resoundingly endorsed end-to-end encryption as a “necessity” to protect personal privacy, and specifically rejected backdoors and key escrow by authorities. Score one for the people.Developers know that user trust relies on principles of Transparency, Security and Stewardship, and that there is no…
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Developers: Five steps you can take NOW to prepare for the looming data privacy reboot
Read more: Developers: Five steps you can take NOW to prepare for the looming data privacy rebootWhat follows is an introduction to the data and trust project that the Developers Alliance began in late 2017. Throughout 2018 the project will deliver developer insights, best practices with data, educational material to demystify data for users and policy makers, and a dialogue series to bring in experts and outside voices on the topic…
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Guest Post: The GDPR deadline is coming fast! Is your back end ready?
Read more: Guest Post: The GDPR deadline is coming fast! Is your back end ready?For now, count yourself fortunate. The rules are limited to companies who have personal data of people from or in Europe. But don’t get complacent. With the recent news surrounding data security and privacy, the US may not be far behind in enacting data privacy laws of our own. But that’s a subject for another blog…
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It’s only open source if the guys that own it say it is
Read more: It’s only open source if the guys that own it say it isThe latest ruling in the case, out this week, says that Java APIs are covered by copyright and that Oracle can set the terms under which they’re used. A more comprehensive update and case history here.
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What can developers learn from the Cambridge Analytica cluster?
Read more: What can developers learn from the Cambridge Analytica cluster?It seems that every other week a story emerges alleging that someone, somewhere, misused or mishandled someone’s data. And whether the real problem is a hacker, a rogue developer, or a sloppy business partner, the casualty is user trust, and the whole digital ecosystem suffers. We suffer. You suffer. Our industry suffers.
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Developers Alliance Joins Industry Letter to President on Tariffs
Read more: Developers Alliance Joins Industry Letter to President on TariffsOn March 18, the Developers Alliance joined over forty associations representing many industries including technology, to warn against trade tariffs on China. You can download the letter here.
