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DMA: To Preserve Robust Mobile Security, Policymakers Should Heed the Important Security Lessons From the ActiveX Era of the Internet

We’ve previously explained the many challenges European regulators face in implementing the Digital Markets Act (DMA), especially as it relates to the security consequences of downloading mobile apps from untrusted sources. In this piece, we go deeper to examine lessons from a similar well-meaning approach and architecture from the 1990’s — a technology framework called ActiveX that enabled software applications to be downloaded from third-party sources to bridge the gap that separated web pages from Microsoft’s operating system.

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Adam Golodner: Global trust and technology networks: Beware the trifurcation

Recently, I attended the annual Munich Security Conference and came away with a deepening concern about what I’m calling the “trifurcation” of the global technology ecosystem. The trifurcation is a further balkanization of the technology ecosystem as the West and China pull away from each other’s products and services, which is causing a bifurcation of global networks and data flows.

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Shaping our Technology Future: The Role of Government in Advancing Trusted Innovation

As the US seeks to crank up our innovation engine, drive a more trusted digital ecosystem, and harness emerging technologies to solve major societal challenges from tackling climate change to improving health outcomes, what can we learn from past “industrial policy” efforts to enable more inclusive solutions as governments attempt a more active role in shaping our technology future?

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DMA Implementation Workshop on App Stores – Hard to Square the Circle

The European Commission is moving forward on its implementation of the recently passed Digital Markets Act (DMA). To this end, it is holding a series of

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DMA Interoperability Ambitions Need to be Tempered by Reality

As the European Union and member states move forward with implementing the ambitious Digital Markets Act (DMA), they face some big challenges in terms of

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Maureen K. Ohlhausen: Will 2023 be the year we make big progress on privacy?

In 1973, the first handheld cell phone call was made on a clunky phone that cost $4,000 at the time. In 1983, Time magazine put a personal computer on its

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Karen Kornbluh: Can CHIPS+ Cure America’s Economic Cynicism?

In the midst of high concern about the economy and following the failure of the climate and social spending bill that once contained President Biden’s Build

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POLLING MEMO: PARENTS’ VIEWS ON CHILDREN’S DIGITAL PRIVACY AND SAFETY

In a new survey, parents are very concerned about their ability to protect their family’s digital safety and privacy. As their top priority, they want

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5 KEY STEPS: HOW TO STOP YOUR MOBILE ACTIVITY FROM BEING TRACKED

In recent months, Trusted Future has conducted extensive public opinion research which found consumers are very concerned about the ways their activity may be being

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ISSUE BRIEF: Cyber Threats From Russia Highlight the Need for Trusted Cybersecurity Measures

At a time of increasing global tensions, our national security experts are warning that cybersecurity threats from authoritarian regimes are on the rise. We examine the heightened threat and highlight critical steps that businesses, tech users, and policymakers should take in this new environment.

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