2020-4-14 23:21 |
European researchers are looking for ways to track the spread of coronavirus while respecting privacy rights.
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One thing has become fairly evident: governments are trying to track the coronavirus outbreak with interesting technologies. Honduras, while also pursuing a similar goal, wants to do so while keeping privacy in mind.
2020-4-5 00:00 | |
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Major global crypto AML service provider Chainalysis does not support full transparency in crypto despite not being able to track all privacy coins
2020-2-13 15:32 | |
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Taproot is designed to increase Bitcoin's fungibility, improve the functionality of smart contracts, and improve privacy by making all transactions appear the same to external blockchain observers.
2020-1-21 14:05 | |
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Bitcoin always had significant issues with privacy as its public addresses are relatively easy to track, robbing owners of anonymity and their coins of fungibility. Zcash was one of the first projects to attempt to fix this problem by introducing privacy-related elements into the world of cryptocurrency.
2020-1-2 22:28 | |
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Samsung SDS, the technology subsidiary of the South Korean giant is boosting privacy on Nexledger, its business-grade blockchain. On November 14th, the company announced that it partnered with QEDIT, a firm based in Israel, to keep track and authenticate the assets’ transfer on a shared ledger, without revealing and confidential information. The Objective is to […]
2019-11-14 19:59 | |
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Crypto transactions have always been thought of as highly anonymous. This article looks at whether authorities monitor such transactions, providing detailed information on the subject. It is now becoming easier for authorities and law enforcement departments to track crypto currency transactions.
2019-11-9 01:58 | |
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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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When news about Bitcoin being the main factor behind the crackdown on the largest child pornography website broke out, some speculated that this would lead to an increased use of privacy-enhancing cryptocurrencies for illicit activities on the deep web, making it harder for law enforcement agencies to track down the people involved in illegal activities.
2019-10-18 17:30 | |
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Decred is a hybrid proof-of-work/proof-of-stake store of value asset for the digital age. It has strong governance, good security, privacy features, and an innovative incentive alignment. If Bitcoin is about being your own bank, Decred is about being your own bank and getting to have a say in bank policy.
2019-10-7 03:00 | |
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iOS 13 is finally here. The big addition this time around is the system-wide dark mode, and much-needed refinements to apps like Maps, Photos, and Reminders. Then there are the new security and privacy features that alerts you about the apps that use your location, and those that want to access your Bluetooth.
2019-9-20 10:53 | |
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Google released Android 10 last night to all Pixel phones. The update brings some nifty features like system-wide dark mode, a new gesture navigation system, and smart replies in notifications.
2019-9-4 11:11 | |
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Developers behind the privacy-focused crypto Decred have released details about the project's upcoming privacy rollout. The new features will include hiding user identities and jumbling customer transaction data together, making it harder to track specific coin movements.
2019-8-31 19:45 | |
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Street cred, meet Decred. For reasons we don’t entirely follow, the crypto OG has released a short-form rap track to help announce its new privacy credentials. Because hell, why not? And to our Ginuwine astonishment, it’s actually pretty damn good.
2019-8-29 21:47 | |
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For traders who regularly use multiple exchanges, keeping track of open positions and market fluctuations can be a daunting task, requiring a high level of diligence to monitor all of their positions.
2019-8-23 14:55 | |
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Litecoin has recently been targeted by malicious actors who have sought to break on-chain privacy through a dusting attack. As explained by Binance Vision, the education wing of the exchange, a dusting attack occurs when hackers send dust (an amount below the current average fee) to the personal account of a user and track itRead MoreRead More.
2019-8-11 01:00 | |
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A large scale dusting attack has been suffered by Litecoin users, reported Binance on August 10. A dusting attack is a new kind of malicious activity where scammers and hackers try and break the privacy of the cryptocurrency users by sending tiny amounts of coins to their personal wallets. Attackers track down the transaction activity […]
2019-8-10 20:23 | |
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Researchers from Boston University (BU) have discovered a flaw in the Bluetooth communication protocol that could expose most devices to third-party tracking and leak identifiable data. According to the research paper — Tracking Anonymized Bluetooth Devices — detailed by Johannes K.
2019-7-18 10:19 | |
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This weekend’s ICE raids are essentially a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the government‘s surveillance state. The same AI-powered tools empowering those agents to identify, target, track, and spy on immigrants without a warrant are already in the hands of police officers, sherriff’s deputies, and border patrol agents across the country.
2019-7-13 23:37 | |
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Special thanks to Jinglan Wang for review and feedback One question that often comes up is: how exactly is sharding different from sidechains or Plasma? All three architectures seem to involve a hub-and-spoke architecture with a central “main chain” that serves as the consensus backbone of the system, and a set of “child” chains containing actual user-level transactions.
2019-6-14 04:03 | |
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Hong Kong is waking up to the benefits of financial privacy using cash, reports claim, as protesters seek to hide their movements and identity. Hong Kong Pays Cash To ‘Avoid Tracking’ According to various reports surfacing on social media this week, participants in the ongoing rallies against the Hong Kong government are choosing to abandon payment methods which could track them.
2019-6-12 12:00 | |
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The proliferation of social media has to lead to an ever decreasing amount of privacy for the average internet user. Many who grew up with the internet bemoan the lack of privacy that the early internet had as a default.
2019-5-10 01:55 | |
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In the hyper-connected world of the 21st century, market-moving news is often disseminated via increasingly unstructured channels, including blogs, social media, chat rooms, and other 24/7 news outlets.
2019-5-2 15:59 | |
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Lightning Labs just released an alpha version of its Lightning Network wallet. The desktop application is now compatible with Bitcoin’s mainnet and it leverages Neutrino (the protocol, not the analytics company acquired by Coinbase) to give users a lightweight option to “control their own funds,” as opposed to running a full node or trusting a third party to play custodian.
2019-4-24 01:38 | |
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CoinMarketCap, one of the leading cryptocurrency data information platforms launched its mobile app for Android and iOS users yesterday. The mobile app will make it easier for users to track prices, trading volumes, and the activity of over 2,000 cryptocurrencies.
2019-4-17 11:59 | |
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One of the major drawbacks of the current crypto economy is the reliance on centralized exchanges to buy and transact with cryptocurrency. Centralized exchanges not only exist in direct contrast to the founding principles of cryptocurrencies, but they also track their users, impose withdrawal limits, and are restricted by jurisdiction.
2019-4-16 21:34 | |
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Leading hardware wallet manufacturers Ledger has recently announced the potential layoff of up to 10% of its support staff as the production of its latest hardware wallet, the Ledger Nano X faces delays.
2019-4-16 19:04 | |
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Albertsons Companies, one of the biggest food and drug retail companies in the US, has announced that it will be joining the IBM Food Trust Network. The company will use the Food Trust’s blockchain solution to improve transparency and make it easier for consumers to track foods at every step from the farms all the […] Albertsons Companies Joins Blockchain-based IBM Food Trust Network to Increase Transparency for Romaine Lettuce was originally found on Cryptocurrency News | Tech, Privacy, Bitcoin & Blockchain | Blokt.
2019-4-15 16:29 | |
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Bitcoin always had significant issues with privacy as its public addresses are relatively easy to track, robbing owners of anonymity and their coins of fungibility. Zcash was one of the first projects to attempt to fix this problem by introducing privacy-related elements into the world of cryptocurrency.
2019-3-16 19:04 | |
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CryptoNinjas CoinList, a trusted platform for running compliant token sales, today announced that as a follow up to its successful hackathon with 0x, the team has now announced CoinList Build Hackathon #2: NuCypher.
2019-3-7 03:37 | |
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The Brave internet browser, which rewards users with cryptocurrency, has clocked up phenomenal growth. According to AppBrain, the Android app has now been downloaded 20 million times. Brave aims to “fix the internet” by blocking ads and refusing to track user activity and location.
2019-3-5 16:08 | |
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The GDPR has lofty goals when it comes to protecting consumer privacy. But even if you’re opting out and blocking cookies, you’re still being tracked. According to a group of privacy advocates in Europe lead by Brave privacy browser, advertisers can even track victims of sexual abuse.
2019-1-29 23:00 | |
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Digital advertisers know they’re screwed. Digital marketers don’t. Considering statistics like one in four US internet users are now blocking ads on a regular basis, coupled with the ongoing privacy battles over user data, it’s easy to see the challenge for digital advertisers.
2019-1-21 15:30 | |
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In a move to curb illegal blockchain transactions, The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued a call for technical solutions that can track anonymous cryptocurrencies like Zcash and Monero.
2018-12-11 15:00 | |
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The vast majority of people in developed countries now carry a smartphone everywhere. And while many of us are already well aware of privacy issues associated with smartphones, like their ability to track our movements or even take surreptitious photos, an increasing number of people are starting to worry that their smartphone is actually listening to everything they say.
2018-12-8 19:00 | |
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Where 2017’s dizzying price highs embedded “hodl” into the public consciousness, 2018 was the year that “buidl" became a trend in the crypto-industry — and Bitcoin was no exception.
2018-12-5 23:23 | |
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Pre-Solicitation Document Suggests That Homeland Security Wants To Track Privacy Coin Transactions The United States and cryptocurrency have had a complicated relationship lately, and the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission has created definition of each of the different types of digital asset coins.
2018-12-4 23:24 | |
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On October 30, 2018, Storj Labs released a public alpha for their version 3 (V3) platform –– enabling developers and companies to test their decentralized cloud storage solution.
2018-10-31 17:07 | |
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Brendan Eich, the CEO of Brave, has written a letter to the U. S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation urging them to implement GDPR-like legislation in the United States.
2018-10-4 20:51 | |
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Today marks the official release of Bitcoin Core 0. 17. 0, the 17th generation of Bitcoin’s original software client launched by Satoshi Nakamoto almost 10 years ago and still the dominant Bitcoin implementation on the network today.
2018-10-3 16:28 | |
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Based on blockchain technology, most cryptocurrencies have an open and public ledger. While this is required for these systems to work, it comes with a significant downside: Privacy is often quite limited.
2018-9-18 19:50 | |
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Bitcoin Core is on track to release the next version, featuring updates in addresses, as well as privacy features.
2018-9-8 15:52 | |
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This week’s top stories include two feature interview: one with Kavita Gupta, founding managing partner at ConsenSys Ventures; and another with electronic dance music DJ Justin Blau (aka DJ 3BLAU) who is launching a decentralized music festival.
2018-8-13 20:52 | |
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A member of the Hyperledger Identity Working Group on how we can keep track of COVID-19 without giving up our digital rights.
Blockchain-based solutions can add value in solving COVID-19 driven problems, says our columnist. But only if people choose to use them.
How do you make it so people actually want to download a contact tracing app?
Contact tracing researchers fear Europe could choose a centralized system that puts personal privacy at risk.