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2025-1-30 16:02 |
Privacy isn't about hiding or obscuring—it's about having the power to decide what information you share, when you share it, and with whom. origin »
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Other top messaging apps, like WhatsApp and Meta’s Messenger, also share user data with authorities if they receive valid legal requests.
2024-9-24 13:55 | |
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Telegram, long known for its strict privacy stance, will now provide user IP addresses and phone numbers to authorities in response to legal requests, Bloomberg News reported Sept. 23. According to the report, CEO Pavel Durov announced the change to the platform’s terms and conditions.
2024-9-24 23:00 | |
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Respect for users’ personal privacy must be top of mind when developing proof-of-humanity identity solutions.
2023-9-8 19:00 | |
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The principles that allow the creation of crypto are similar to those that proclaim the need to protect people’s privacy. In the US, several developments suggest this privacy could be in danger, as it is the nascent industry that could provide an alternative to the current financial system.
2023-8-29 01:00 | |
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The cybersecurity expert is set to share his insights on the intersection of digital currency, privacy, and the future of financial freedom.
2023-8-5 19:12 | |
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A deep dive into how Bitcoin’s lack of privacy and, by extension, its insufficient fungibility has led to its loss of market share in darknet markets.
2022-6-18 17:30 | |
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Shiv Malik is the CEO of Pool, a data platform and marketplace that wants to increase data privacy and enable individuals to monetize their own data.
2022-4-28 04:00 | |
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While blockchain messengers stand to mitigate many of the privacy issues posed by their centralized counterparts, they still have their fair share of unignorable issues.
2022-2-2 18:54 | |
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Does privacy matter in DeFi? Founders of Polkadot-based Manta Network share their take
2022-1-14 17:46 | |
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Nym Technologies, the next generation of privacy infrastructure startup based in Europe, announced today it has successfully closed its third investment round, raising $13 million. The Funding round that Andreessen Horowitz led saw numerous key investors share in the course.
2021-11-19 22:53 | |
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Panther has the vision of a surveillance-free decentralized world for DeFi and Web3 users, where DApps and protocols have privacy features by default. The protocol also aims to connect all EVM compatible blockchains through a privacy layer, allowing users to share whatever information they choose, thereby balancing trust and privacy. Part of achieving this goal […]
2021-10-1 22:00 | |
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As of today, Google Chrome browser still controls around 65 to 70% of the market share. But that seems to be changing rapidly. I’ve been following the development and the growth of the new Brave browser over the past couple of years.
2021-9-15 16:39 | |
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Monero [XMR], the market's leading privacy coin, has seen its fair share of ups and downs this year. The altcoin massively rallied during the initial few months of the year, hit its local 3-year high The post Monero's long-term may be sorted, but what about its short-term? appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2021-7-18 05:30 | |
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Popular Messaging app WhatsApp has changed its terms on Thursday that will allow it to share more information about billions of its users with its parent company Facebook and to further roll out ads and e-commerce.
2021-1-9 21:52 | |
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According to a Dec 30 tweet, Coinbase seeks input from its users: “The US Treasury is proposing crypto regs that will force exchanges to collect, store and share with the gov. personal information associated with all crypto transactions.
2020-12-31 19:58 | |
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The guidance is apt to chafe privacy advocates, inside and outside the crypto space, who are already uneasy about the honeypot that FinCEN’s suspicious activity report database has become.
2020-12-14 01:15 | |
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Cosmos blockchain has partnered with privacy tech firm Nym to integrate Anonymous Credentials Technology on its blockchain network. This would let users share information while maintaining privacy.
2020-9-9 15:00 | |
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Payment pools, a potential Layer Two solution made possible through Taproot, could let groups of bitcoin users share UTXOs and enjoy more privacy. The post Building on Taproot: Payment Pools Could Be Bitcoin’s Next Layer Two Protocol appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.
2020-8-11 19:10 | |
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The Brave Browser is focused on increasing browsing speed and privacy for users, while growing ad revenue share for content creators.
2020-6-6 12:00 | |
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As of today, Google Chrome browser still controls around 65 to 70% of the market share. But that seems to be changing rapidly. I’ve been following the development and the growth of the new Brave browser over the past couple of years.
2020-3-20 05:12 | |
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The Cypherpunk Bitstream podcast is a relatively new program that’s just released its fourth episode. The hosts, known as Frank Braun and The Real Smuggler, are so-called ‘privacy extremists’ and dyed-in-the-wool crypto-anarchists concerned with exposing cypherpunk ethos to a wider audience.
2020-1-20 13:00 | |
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Regulatory pressures as well as the development of third-party, intermediary and custodial services in the crypto space have been limiting the share of peer-to-peer trading. A new contender is now challenging established P2P exchanges by offering users a mobile service that allows them to determine the level of privacy they want to maintain, and use […] The post P2P Crypto Trading App Allows You to Protect Your Privacy appeared first on Bitcoin News.
2019-12-21 15:04 | |
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The evolving state of technology around the world has led many regulators to take note, pushing for rules that better govern the need for financial stability, data privacy, and competition. The Libra stablecoin by Facebook has raised a lot of technical questions since its announcement.
2019-12-9 16:50 | |
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The privacy coin Grin has received a mysterious anonymous donation of 50 Bitcoin (BTC), according to Daniel Lehnberg, one of the developers of the group. He explained that the donor spoke briefly with him and decided to stay anonymous, so he would not share the person’s identity.
2019-11-14 00:00 | |
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QEDIT, a privacy-enhancing tech provider based on zero-knowledge proof cryptography, has announced that its privacy solution has been integrated into Deloitte’s Eduscrypt platform. The Eduscrypt solution uses proprietary blockchain technology to enable organizations to track, share, and validate the qualifications of staff.
2019-10-29 16:54 | |
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Facebook’s plans to open up its data vault for researchers to analyze the platform’s influence on elections has run into privacy concerns. In April 2018, the social media giant announced a new initiative to share a database of URLs its users have linked to between January 1, 2017 to February 19, 2019.
2019-10-1 16:45 | |
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Earlier this year, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) issued its guidance to member states on a “risk-based approach to virtual assets and virtual asset service providers. ” The intergovernmental regulator puts the onus of responsibility onto exchanges and wallets to share user data, virtually eliminating privacy in crypto transactions.
2019-10-1 15:08 | |
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Murky policies, tricky wordings, and sneaky assumptions about consent… these are just a few of the shifty tactics being used by companies to learn all about us. With more and more businesses realizing the lucrative power of personal data, there’s no denying that our deeply personal details are being weaponized against us.
2019-9-13 14:51 | |
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For a company that’s in the business of tracking users’ online activities, Google sure is going all out to prove it’s dead serious about privacy. To that effect, the internet behemoth is open-sourcing a library that it uses to glean insights from aggregate data in a privacy-preserving manner.
2019-9-5 17:16 | |
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Just when we thought Facebook’s Libra couldn’t be subject to any more scrutiny, it turns out that data protection bosses from all over the world have banded together to share concerns about the ‘cryptocurrency’s’ potential privacy risks.
2019-8-6 14:49 | |
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Even as WhatsApp readies to launch its mobile payment service in India later this year, the government is concerned about its privacy and security ramifications. “Indian authorities are concerned that WhatsApp‘s payment service might share user data with group companies Facebook and Instagram, compromising the security, privacy and non-commercial information of its subscribers,” according to a report from the Economic Times.
2019-7-26 09:40 | |
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Facebook's David Marcus told lawmakers its new libra cryptocurrency will not store or share personal financial information – with a few caveats.
2019-7-10 00:19 | |
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The first Monero Konferenco took place June 22nd and 23rd in Denver, Colorado. Per previous coverage, the two-day conference billed itself as an opportunity to meet and greet the “privacy advocates, cypherpunks, scientists, and philosophers” who make up the Monero community.
2019-7-3 19:17 | |
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Despite sporting the ‘wanted’ status for over six years under the Espionage Act, Edward Snowden made an online appearance in Bitcoin 2019 Conference held in San Francisco, CA. All the way from Russia, Snowden’s intent was to share his experience and support toward Bitcoin [BTC].
2019-6-30 12:30 | |
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The FATF (Financial Action Task Force) has revealed updated guidelines that would require cryptocurrency and digital asset exchanges—and potentially independent business owners and crypto holders—to share sensitive customer information as VASPs (Virtual Asset Service Providers), compromising user privacy and restricting crypto market access.
2019-6-25 09:53 | |
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As technological innovation evolves, society evolves with it. The problem is, with each new innovation also comes risk. Whether it opens us up to new security issues or debates over our personal privacy, we’re moving fast towards a future with a lot of unknowns.
2019-6-12 11:40 | |
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Top 20 market cap coin, Tezos, is making cryptographic history with its first round of on-chain upgrade proposals, named “Athens. ” The two Athens proposals will see incremental changes introduced to the Tezos blockchain, without the need for a disruptive hard-fork.
2019-5-21 17:04 | |
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A series of op eds by Kyle Torpey addressing some of the oft-repeated arguments against BitcoinBitcoin’s core value proposition is that it is an uncontrolled, apolitical money.
2019-4-30 20:16 | |
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Bitcoin continues to account for the lion’s share of crypto-denominated ransomware payments — 98% as compared with just 2% for privacy coins like dash and monero
2019-4-20 20:22 | |
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The political spectrum is usually divided into four main categories: libertarian left, authoritarian left, libertarian right and authoritarian right. Those on the left prefer a more controlled economy, while those on the right have a preference for free markets.
2019-4-16 22:26 | |
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Another week another stinging put down for Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his team after they were labeled “morally bankrupt pathological liars who enable genocide,” by John Edwards, New Zealand’s Privacy Commissioner, following the Christchurch attacks.
2019-4-8 16:45 | |
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Every day, millions of people use Google Docs to share and collaborate on documents. And when it comes to working on documents online, few tools match the power and versatility of Google Drive and Google Docs.
2019-3-30 15:16 | |
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What Is Quras? Quras is an online platform that mainly focuses on smart contracts and crypto-tokens and utilizes blockchain technology to create a secure and anonymous platform where users can share data amongst IoT devices.
2019-3-12 11:11 | |
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It seems investors and Facebook users still won’t be phased by increasing pressure on the social media giant and its CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Despite data privacy concerns, tax hits, and scrutiny from global governments Facebook’s share price has risen and with it Zuckerberg’s wealth.
2019-3-12 10:46 | |
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Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase purchased controversial Italian software services provider Neutrino for $13. 5 million (€12 million), a copy of a legal document dated February 15, 2019, and shared with Bitcoin Magazine reveals.
2019-3-7 20:29 | |
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Verge (XVG)’s market price is going up and it likely has to do with an upcoming announcement that is speculated to be about mining-related upgrades. On Monday, Justin Vendetta tweeted a message about the upcoming announcement, stating “ooops, misread.
2019-3-5 22:47 | |
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Announced at the end of January, Bitfury’s production-ready suite of Lightning Network products and services, Peach, appears to offer everything a developer, user or merchant could want from a Lightning implementation.
2019-2-9 23:59 | |
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Announced at the end of January, Bitfury’s production-ready suite of Lightning Network products and services, Peach, appears to offer everything a developer, user or merchant could want from a Lightning implementation.
2019-2-12 23:59 | |
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It’s been a busy week for Facebook. The tech giant celebrated its 15th anniversary amid calls for improvements in its data handling and privacy policies. One day later, Cheddar reported the company had quietly snapped up the team behind Chainspace, a London-based blockchain startup.
2019-2-5 18:22 | |
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