14th December 2022 Digital Bytes

Welcome to this week’s Digital Bytes. This week we have analysis on the following topics:

Apple is now embracing crypto-style security to protect your data - Apple’s new Advanced Data Protection security measures will introduce tens of millions of people globally to cryptocurrency security processes and procedures, including all the joys of private keys where there is no longer the ability for a central entity to reset your password. Whilst a challenge, these new cryptographic security measures will improve personal security, whereby safeguarding data and assets from hackers and governments. It also opens up the questions of trust and identity such as do we need custodians and do we need digital identities to only share our data with those relevant parties, as and when required?

Blockchain’s use in the education sector - education is one sector where blockchain is beginning to make an impression, although only a small number of schools and universities have begun implementing this techn…