Decentralized real-time communication is the solution for data privacy | Opinion
Disclosure: The views and opinions expressed here belong solely to the author and do not represent the views and opinions of crypto.news’ editorial. The COVID-19 pandemic gave a 3-4x boost to digital transformations and adoptions worldwide. During its peak in 2020, 58% of global consumer interactions happened digitally. You might also like: Embracing institutions today will keep defi’s tomorrow on track | Opinion Once users, consumers, and employees experienced the upsides of digital interactions—more flexibility or freedom, lower commutation time, etc.—they mostly didn’t want to go back. Online channels became the “new normal” for both personal and professional communication s. But while there’s good reason for tech optimists to celebrate this shift, it’s vital to identify and mitigate the risks coming along. For example, centralized real-time communication (RTC) platforms like Skype, Zoom, Slack, etc., pose severe data-mining and privacy violation threats to ...