2019-8-6 12:41 |
Data protection chiefs from across the globe have united to express concerns over the privacy risks posed by Facebook's cryptocurrency project. origin »
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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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The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has slapped a $5 billion fine on Facebook in wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal and its other data leaks. In an agreement filed today, the FTC has also ordered the social network to make privacy-related changes to avoid such mishaps in the future.
2019-7-24 17:08 | |
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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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The risks associated with Bitcoin and the entire cryptocurrency market, in general, have been a topic that has been discussed several times following several new malicious practices and the fact that privacy and security have become a primary focus among developers.
2019-5-10 21:30 | |
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With smart home technologies constantly growing in popularity, there are several things consumers should understand about these devices in regards to features and long-term benefits, as well as potential issues or privacy risks.
2019-4-19 12:00 | |
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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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Last week, there was a panel at SXSW that was effectively a debate on the merits of permissioned blockchains versus permissionless systems like Bitcoin. I listened to the entire audio of the panel discussion, after Programming Bitcoin author Jimmy Song tweeted it out the other day, and I thought he did an awesome job of pointing out the key value proposition of Bitcoin and why it is not worth comparing to permissioned systems.
2019-3-23 17:29 | |
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User privacy and the risks associated with data leaks should be a priority for today’s globalized society, and Larry Sander, co-founder of Wikipedia, is fully aware of this. In early 2019, Sanders said his new.
2019-3-22 01:23 | |
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Coinbase’s Director of Institutional Sales, Christine Sandler, said in an interview last week that, in part, the exchange acquired controversial software firm Neutrino because its prior blockchain analysis providers were selling customer data.
2019-3-5 23:58 | |
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On February 4, 2019, blockchain tech company Blockstream announced the development of a “proof of reserves” tool to standardize the authenticity of exchanges’ crypto reserves.
2019-2-7 01:01 | |
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In Tuesday’s edition of The Daily, we detail the theoretical vulnerability found in the Coldcard crypto wallet, coming just one month after its manufacturer ridiculed the flaw found in other hardware wallets.
2019-1-29 17:00 | |
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank have weighed in on sovereign considerations and global implications of blockchain and other financial services technologies.
2018-10-15 19:01 | |
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A Europol report has warned that while bitcoin remains top dog in the world of crypto-focused cybercriminal activity, so-called privacy coins like Monero (XMR) are set to take the leadership position shortly, which will come with a unique set of problems and risks to online security stakeholders.
2018-9-21 19:02 | |
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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.
2018-9-15 20:21 | |
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As his Hungarian parents had fled post-war Soviet regime to settle in the United States, Nick Szabo came to call the Californian Bay area of the 1990s his home. Here, he was among the first to frequent the in-person “Cypherpunk” meetings organized by Timothy May, Eric Hughes and other founding members of the collective of cryptographers, programmers and privacy activists centered around the ’90s mailing list of the same name.
2018-7-13 17:16 | |
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All Cypherpunks value privacy; it’s basically the founding principle of the collective of cryptographers, academics, developers and activists grouped around the 1990s mailing list by the same name.
2018-6-15 23:31 | |
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Основанная Марком Цукербергом компания Meta (бывшая Facebook) вступила в Crypto Open Patent Alliance (COPA), участники которого выступают за открытые патенты на технологии, связанные с блокчейном.
Директор Instagram Адам Моссери заявил, что платформа заинтересована в размещении контента, связанного с NFT, и привлечении создателей коллекционных токенов.
Венчурная компания NFX заявила о запуске фонда NFX Fund III», который будет инвестировать от $500 тысяч в стартапы, занимающиеся технологиями и криптовалютами.
Венчурная компания NFX заявила о запуске фонда NFX Fund III, который будет инвестировать от $500 тысяч в стартапы, занимающиеся технологиями и криптовалютами.
Facebook’s foray into blockchain technology has hit a major stumbling block after clashing with regulatory authorities. The need to curb the growing influence of stablecoins and Facebook’s existing controversies are among the reasons for the slow pace of progress of the Diem project.
“When you have a good crypto wallet like Novi will be, you also have to think about how to help consumers support NFTs,” Facebook’s David Marcus said.
David Marcus, the Chief of Facebook’s Financial Services Division, has disclosed that the Novi digital wallet is ready to enter the market. He unveiled this news through a blog post on August 18 while talking about the current state of the payments system in the US.