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SUMMARY:Swipe to Unlock - How the Smartphone Duopoly Undermines Digital So
 vereignty - Philippe Gervais
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DESCRIPTION:Should democracy in Switzerland depend on the approval of Goog
 le and Apple?\n\nWhile smartphones progressively become mandatory for esse
 ntial services such as banking or interactions with the public administrat
 ion\, the duopoly of Apple and Google is getting more and more control ove
 r digital access. Through their dominance over the smartphone market\, Goo
 gle and Apple are in a position to act as gatekeepers for state functions 
 like taxation and welfare distribution. The risk for Switzerland is real: 
 as an example\, the recently democratically voted e-ID system\, could simp
 ly be blocked by US actors\, despite being a tool made and chosen by Swiss
  citizens for Switzerland. This dependency undermines national self-determ
 ination and erodes individual autonomy\, giving private and non-Swiss enti
 ties a de facto veto power over some governmental decisions. This talk ana
 lyzes the geopolitical and economic risks of this dependency and outlines 
 strategies to ensure that the digital infrastructure supports democratic r
 esilience rather than corporate monopoly.
LOCATION:Hodler
URL:https://pretalx.com/dinacon-2026/talk/HBRBK9/
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