The debate over privacy can leave consumers feeling torn between two bad options: disengage with the virtual world and maintain our anonymity or engage with the Internet and put our identity, finances, safety and perhaps even our democracy at risk.

John Ellis, an auto futurist and formerly global technologist for Ford Motor Co., thinks we may have overlooked a third option.

In his book, “The Zero Dollar Car,” he argues that consumers should start thinking about their privacy as a product. https://ift.tt/1p5TKH4 http://bit.ly/2DOz6Vx

Speaker of the Kuwaiti National Assembly Marzouq Al-Ghanim said on Friday that there has never been a travel ban for Kuwaiti citizens to Lebanon, in reply to a question on when the warning to Gulf nationals to travel to the country would be lifted.

“There are 14 or 15 fully booked flights between Kuwait and Lebanon on a daily basis,” the Speaker said, noting that additional flights are needed to accommodate the number of passengers.

On Friday, Ghanim visited Lebanese President Michel Aoun, who hailed the deeply rooted Lebanese-Kuwaiti relations.

“The constant interest shown by the Emi https://ift.tt/1p5TKH4 http://bit.ly/2DOz6Vx