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December 2, 2019: Joe Hollier, co-founder, The Light Phone
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Gahan Wilson, 2/18/1930 - 11/21/2019. RIP.
Tonight: Joe Hollier, co-founder of The Light Phone - a simplified smartphone NOT designed by Big Tech. (The team is based in Brooklyn.) The Light Phone has texting and phone calls, and not much else.
• The Light Phone, co-founded by Joe Hollier and Kaiwei Tang, originally funded via a 2015 Kickstarter and a 2017 Indiegogo campaign.
• Full-page ad in the NYT from Light Phone (Sep 15)
• JoeHollier.com, which also links to Joe's project fiveonthat.com
• Review of Light Phone (DigitalTrends.com, Nov 26), which seems to miss the point: "The Light Phone 2 has an admirable mission. But why pay this much [$350] for a device lacking so many features?"
In tech news:
• Twitter suspends man for hoping Star Wars character 'dies painfully' (CTVNews.ca, Nov 28): Twitter user banned after posting against Baby Yoda. "Apparently, the taboo is that you can’t make fun of puppets owned by Disney." Thanks to listener Mike!
• All new cell phone users in China must now have their face scanned (MIT Technology Review, Dec 2): "How facial recognition plays out in China might have an impact on its use in other countries, too." Thanks to listener C!
• U.S. Tech Companies Prop Up China’s Vast Surveillance Network (WSJ, Dec 1): "Intel, based in Santa Clara, Calif., provided seed money, as well as chips and technical solutions, to China’s NetPosa Technologies Ltd., which serves the police departments of Beijing, Shanghai and around 60 other cities, as well as the Ministry of Public Security."
• Clear backpacks, monitored emails: life for US students under constant surveillance (The Guardian, Dec 2): "School shootings have driven a booming school security industry. Parents and students are still grappling with this new surveillance and its impact on a generation of kids."
• Video of Max Stoller from Center for Humane Technology, talking to Braintree middle- and high-schoolers about Snapchat streaks.
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