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Blockchain could be key for ensuring user privacy in COVID-19 contact-tracing apps.
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Privacy Tokens, as the name implies, are cryptocurrencies engineered to ensure privacy, especially their user’s transaction details. They make it difficult to decipher a wallet’s address, preserving the user’s anonymity.
2022-9-23 16:00 | |
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During a Zcash community challenge, one user, Brian Deep, was able to trace a ZEC transaction from another user, MoneyKnowledge0, back to its source in less than three days. The...
2020-7-22 17:39 | |
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Coinspeaker This Full-Stack DeFi Platform Adds User Privacy, Anonymity and InsuranceEverybody who deals with money wants to be as discreet as possible. PlutusDeFi, a new full-stack DeFi-As-A-Service solution, adresses security concerns and puts users' privacy and anonymity on the first place.
2020-7-16 11:34 | |
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Major Ether wallet service and browser extension, MetaMask, introduces newly released version featuring enhanced privacy control.
2020-7-3 20:32 | |
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From its inception in 2008, Bitcoin has proved to be massively popular with people who do a lot of business online. The first form of digital currency, Bitcoin has grown in popularity because of its ability to give the user complete privacy.
2020-6-24 20:45 | |
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Basic Attention Token prices dropped and pumped after Brave was caught red-handed adding affiliate codes to different websites without user consent. Brave’s Misconduct Ignites Sell-Off Privacy centric web browser Brave... The post Basic Attention Token Rebounds Despite Brave Autofill Controversy appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
2020-6-10 21:02 | |
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Two-thirds of people who use Coinbase are willing to leave the platform following reports that the U.S. exchange plans to sell user data to two government agencies for $250,000. Cryptocurrency trader and analyst John Rager carried out a poll on Twitter, asking his 73,000 followers: “Would you actually delete or stop using your Coinbase account?” […] The post 66% of Coinbase Users Willing to Leave the Exchange Due to Mounting Privacy Concerns appeared first on Bitcoin News.
2020-6-8 16:30 | |
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In a tweet sent out on Saturday, one user made public a “silent scheme” by Brave browser to redirect users to its Binance affiliate links, earning them commissions. The browser added the affiliate link “ref=35089877″ once you type Binance.
2020-6-8 20:50 | |
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Society2, a new decentralized social media initiative by IOTA is trying to change the way the user’s personal data is handled on the internet. The project called DeSM aims to help consumers regain control of their data and make social media a truly private experience.
2020-5-7 23:02 | |
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In times when data is being created at a rapid pace, user privacy has become a myth. With social apps trying to collect users' private information, it gets difficult to prevent the leakage of informatThe post CyberVein's vast data processing potential makes way for smarter cities and governments appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2020-4-18 11:45 | |
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The past few weeks have been a mixed bag for Zoom. While the firm has continued to see surging user numbers as a result of the coronavirus, its privacy and security flaws have also been highlighted.
2020-4-16 08:15 | |
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The COVID-19 Credentials Initiative (CCI) is working on a digital certificate to help stop the spread of the virus without compromising user privacy.
2020-4-14 17:05 | |
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Weiss Crypto Ratings agency believes that amid the COVID-19 spread, privacy coins can help users benefit and protect themselves as governments are enforcing surveillance
2020-4-3 20:00 | |
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Zoom, the popular video conferencing app, has grown significantly in popularity over the past few weeks. With the coronavirus forcing companies and agencies to resort to video conferencing, the firm’s user base has risen dramatically.
2020-4-3 13:15 | |
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Sapien Network, an Ethereum-based social network built for user privacy and customizability, announced today a partnership with Matic Network, to provide scalable, secure, and instant Ethereum transactions.
2020-3-17 19:01 | |
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Reports are emerging of Australian banks demanding customers complete detailed invoices over their use of funds as a condition for honoring transactions. Time for crypto to take over completely? Australian Banks are Now Asking Invasive Questions Crypto reporter and analyst Alex Saunders has noted that he is receiving reports that banks are now demanding customers to explain what their money will be used for before honoring withdrawals.
2020-3-7 21:18 | |
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The world of cryptocurrencies is not new to the concept of a hack. However, a data breach isn't heard of as much. Malta today reported the first case of privacy breach wherein the Trident Crypto Fund The post Malta-based crypto-fund suffers data breach; 10K user records affected appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2020-3-5 17:53 | |
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Binance says it “does not tolerate” Bitcoin privacy tools such as CoinJoin as it refunds Wasabi wallet user
2019-12-21 12:34 | |
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Binance Singapore has purportedly abruptly suspended a Bitcoin withdrawal from a trader using a wallet with a coin-mixing service, a harsh reminder that large exchanges aren’t the best place to hold coins if one values anonymity and accessibility.
2019-12-20 21:00 | |
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A user of Binance Singapore has reported a rather worrying development for those Bitcoin users that value their privacy. The exchange platform has apparently banned the customer in question from withdrawing its funds because it suspects that he or she has previously used a wallet with a built-in coin mixing tool.
2019-12-19 19:01 | |
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New research from the European central bank claims that a central bank digital currency system that protects user privacy is possible
2019-12-18 17:33 | |
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Brave Browser is experiencing robust user growth, gaining another 1. 7 million active users over the last three weeks by carving out the privacy niche from Google Chrome. Since its 1. 0 launch mid-November, Brave announced that the open source browser had gained another 1.
2019-12-6 03:59 | |
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As Facebook undergoes an onslaught of criticism for its practices, questions surrounding the launch of its Libra digital currency continues to mount. Given that cryptocurrencies have been designed to circumvent the problem of trust, can Facebook do anything to overcome its issues relating to privacy? The furor over Facebook and its exploitation of user data […] The post As Facebook Faces New Inquiry, Libra Looks Unlikely to Earn Public Trust appeared first on BeInCrypto.
2019-12-4 23:14 | |
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Brave, a crypto rewarding browser that tip users in BAT tokens for using the platform have seen significant downloads since its launch back in 2014. As per the latest data from AppBrain, a total of 40 million Android users have downloaded the brave browser. A Twitter user who goes by the name Cameron Asa who […]
2019-11-30 21:23 | |
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A California federal court finds that U.S. tax authorities have broadly stayed within their legitimate remit when collecting user data from crypto exchanges
2019-11-30 13:57 | |
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Welcome to day two of CoinMarketCap’s first conference, The Capital. The sun is out in Singapore today and the air is hazy over the Marina Bay Sands. As usual on the second day of any conference (at least in crypto), […] The post CoinMarketCap’s The Capital Day 2: Crypto Regulation, User Privacy and New Tech appeared first on CoinMarketCap.
2019-11-14 05:46 | |
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BitMEX traders that had their details leaked as part of a recent privacy breach have started to receive phishing emails. The crypto exchange accidentally disclosed 23,000 of its users’ email addresses earlier this month.
2019-11-12 01:00 | |
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How to comply with anti-money laundering regulations while preserving user privacy was a major topic of conversation at this conference
2019-11-9 17:33 | |
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Elixxir, a metadata-shredding privacy platform, announced today the release of xx alpha messenger, the first smartphone DApp running on the xx network public alpha. The xx messenger offers unprecedented user privacy, as no other existing software, smartphone app, or dApp erases user data to prevent observers from making the connection between the sender and receiver.
2019-11-6 18:05 | |
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By inadvertently including the majority of its users’ emails in an update email, cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX has compromised their privacy. The post BitMEX Compromises User Data in Email Gaffe appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.
2019-11-2 21:57 | |
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When a company makes headlines for mismanaging user data, much of the discussion will revolve around legal implications: whether or not the company’s privacy policy and terms of service cover the data usage in question.
2019-10-15 14:00 | |
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Coinspeaker Apple Releases New MacOS Update and Discontinues iTunesApple has announced a new operating system for its desktop devices. The new OS boasts of more than a few new futures, as well as improved security updates to ensure better user experience, as well as privacy.
2019-10-8 16:49 | |
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The world is coming to recognize that a VPN is a necessity. It seems every big company is trying to get your personal data (with or without permission), and every government is trying to spy on you or control what you can do online.
2019-10-7 16:23 | |
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The tug of war between privacy and security has come to the fore again. This time, the US, the UK, and Australia are making a case against end-to-end encryption (E2EE), calling on Facebook to delay its plans to implement the privacy feature across its messaging apps until “there is no reduction to user safety and without including a means for lawful access to the content of communications to protect our citizens.
2019-10-4 12:39 | |
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An experimental application could help decentralized exchanges comply with regulations without compromising user privacy. Announced jointly today by DeversiFI and the identity management platform, Iden3, the TrustCommunity experiment application allows anyone to create sovereign identities that could be used across multiple applications and protocols.
2019-10-2 17:09 | |
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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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Brave has become the most downloaded browser on the Japanese Google store, making it the supreme choice of browser for Android users in the country. A Reddit user brought this to the community’s attention amidst a surge in global Brave users, September 10, 2019.
2019-9-11 13:00 | |
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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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Brave, the budding privacy-focused browser with its own native cryptocurrency, has alleged that Google is using hidden web pages to feed personal data of its users to advertisers, reports Financial Times.
2019-9-4 18:58 | |
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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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Apple today announced a new shift in company policy that prioritizes user privacy — at least with regards to Siri audio recordings. Now the company promises only in-house employees will listen to the recordings it has of you, and only if you consent.
2019-8-29 00:56 | |
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You know, in many respects, I admire former Texas Governor Rick Perry. He’s accomplished so much, despite clearly being an absolute fucking moron that, in Europe, wouldn’t be trusted with a pair of safety scissors.
2019-8-21 12:54 | |
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As our computing power increases, we edge ever closer to “quantum” computers, machines capable of solving complex problems using quantum mechanics, which traditional “bit” based computers can’t effectively process.
2019-8-20 12:43 | |
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Until today, Facebook has given you three options for creating a user group: Open, closed, or ‘secret. ’ While the first is pretty obvious, the other two were occasional sources of confusion – an admin might set a group to ‘closed’ without realizing it was still searchable, for instance.
2019-8-15 22:15 | |
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Facebook used third-party contractors to listen to user audio without telling them, in a move which raises questions about the third-party sponsors of its libra cryptocurrency. Facebook Shared Messages With Third Parties As Bloomberg reported on August 13, Facebook confirmed it had used middleman firms to transcribe audio messages from its Messenger app.
2019-8-14 11:34 | |
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New privacy enhancing solutions presented by Smart Mixer help users protect their financial privacy by supplying them with a complete service for conducting anonymous blockchain transactions. Smart Mixer provides a differentiated solution that offers full anonymity and proof of mixing to every Smart Mixer user.
2019-8-14 01:41 | |
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As cryptocurrencies get mainstream attention in the financial ecosystem, every user and business has set out to identify and curb the predicaments associated with their increasing use. Although efforts towards reducing crypto-crimes are being undertaken by many, trends suggest an acceleration of such incidents.
2019-8-13 11:30 | |
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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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Coin mixers were once a popular solution to Bitcoin’s imperfect privacy features. Bitcoin uses pseudonymous addresses, which reveal key data such as transaction amounts and destinations. That doesn’t reveal user information, but analysts can piece together who owns each address by looking at how Bitcoin has changed hands.
2019-8-8 19:09 | |
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Bill Dudley, the former chief of the New York Fed, warned against holding Bitcoin as a reserve and urged a focus on regulation. Dudley criticized a proposed federal Bitcoin (BTC) reserve championed by Donald Trump during his presidential campaign. In…
Bhutan, the Himalayan kingdom renowned for its happiness index, has seen its Bitcoin holdings surge to over $1 billion as the crypto market rallies. Arkham, in data shared via X on Nov. 11, revealed that the Royal Government of Bhutan’s…
Government-held Bitcoin reserves highlight the significant influence of state actions on crypto markets, potentially shaping future digital finance regulations. The post Bitcoin held by governments near $33 billion mark appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
Bitcoin's inability to surpass $60,000 despite reduced selling pressure from Germany highlights ongoing market volatility and external influences. The post Bitcoin struggles to break key level amid easing selling pressure from German government appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
His predecessor, Andrew Griffith, will head up the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.
Nigeria’s communication ministry said the Code Clubs will introduce young participants to coding and digital technology and encourage them to deploy creative problem-solving in their everyday lives.
According to official data available publicly, the state of Maine currently holds over $328 million in unclaimed property.