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13.07 / 22:17

regulation privacy security Metaverse lawmakers UK bill on online safety should apply in the Metaverse, say lawmakers

Legislation aimed at regulating certain internet services in the United Kingdom should cover activities in the Metaverse, according to members of the House of Lords.

12.07 / 10:35

business Law regulation Google privacy data Google hit with lawsuit over new AI data scraping privacy policy

Google is now facing a lawsuit in the follow-up to its recent privacy policy update that accuses the tech giant of misusing large amounts of data, including copyrighted material in artificial intelligence (AI) training.

12.07 / 05:15

Blockchain privacy data Arkham CEO rebuts claims of ‘snitch-to-earn’ program, says it's to find bad actors

The chief of the startup blockchain intelligence platform Arkham has refuted claims by the crypto community that its new “Intel Exchange” is a “snitch-to-earn” or “dox-to-earn” system.

11.07 / 13:21

Blockchain privacy Crypto Startup Arkham Faces Backlash for Doxxing Users and Privacy Breach

Blockchain analysis platform Arkham has found itself in hot water after it was revealed that the company had leaked its own customers' private information.

07.07 / 11:17

business Kucoin privacy transactions KYC Bitcoin NOT Privacy is not the core feature of Bitcoin — KuCoin CEO

AmidKuCoin exchange preparing to adopt mandatory Know Your Customer (KYC) checks, the company’s CEO argued that privacy is not the most important feature of Bitcoin (BTC).

04.07 / 14:33

business Google privacy data Training Updates Google updates its privacy policy to allow data scraping for AI training

Google has made updates to its privacy policy which now allows it to take any publicly available data and use it for artificial intelligence (AI) training purposes.

03.07 / 21:33

Blockchain Adoption defi Altcoin Telegram privacy Messaging App TON Blockchain TON blockchain launches on-chain encrypted messaging feature

The Open Network (TON) has released an on-chain encrypted messaging feature, according to a July 3 announcement from the network’s developer, TON Foundation. The new feature allows for private messages to be sent between TON users.

02.07 / 23:15

Binance Europe privacy Analysis Opinion Zcash Monero Binance caves to pressure over coin listings, scoring a win for privacy

Privacy advocates scored a big win in June with Binance’s announcement that it was backtracking on a decision to delist privacy coins for users in a number of European countries.

30.06 / 12:11

Blockchain privacy identity Worldcoin Sam Sam Altman's Worldcoin Debuts in Germany, Incorporates Okta for Enhanced Identity Management

Sam Altman’s Worldcoin is integrating with one of the world’s largest identity management platforms and is launching a new identity protocol in Germany.

16.06 / 19:43

business Technology privacy Analysis Opinion Tech Think AI tools aren't harvesting your data? Guess again

The meteoric ascent of generative artificial intelligence has created a bonafide technology sensation thanks to user-focused products such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Dall-E and Lensa. But the boom in user-friendly AI has arrived in conjunction with users seemingly ignoring or being left in the dark about the privacy risks imposed by these projects.

16.06 / 06:03

business privacy ERC-20 Israeli crypto entrepreneur joins privacy-focused project amid fraud allegations

Moshe Hogeg, an Israeli entrepreneur, has returned to the spotlight of the crypto industry after speaking at a conference in Morocco on ‘alternative internet network’ Tomi.

16.06 / 02:45

CBDC Adoption Digital Currency privacy Privacy should be considered in ‘potential retail CBDC’ — Treasury official

Privacy and the ability to transact anonymously should be considerations in the design of a digital dollar, a United States Treasury official has said.

12.06 / 07:03

Ethereum Adoption defi privacy transactions Vitalik Buterin: Ethereum ‘fails’ without these 3 important ‘transitions’

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin believes the success of Ethereum will come down to three major technical “transitions” that need to happen almost simultaneously — layer-2 scaling, wallet security and privacy-preserving features.

06.06 / 18:18

business Binance privacy Opinion Zcash Monero privacy coins Binance was wrong to boot Monero, ZCash and other privacy coins

Binance announced in May that it would delist so-called “privacy coins” such as Monero (XMR), Zcash (ZEC) and others in several countries, including France, Italy, Spain and Poland. The decision underscored the reality that some companies might step over their own feet to ban privacy tech — even where it is legal — out of a combination of risk aversion and compliance confusion.

02.06 / 20:13

Adoption defi regulation wallet Altcoin privacy Aleo Privacy-focused Aleo blockchain gets new wallet as mainnet launch approaches

Demox Labs has debuted a new wallet for the privacy-oriented Aleo blockchain network, according to a June 1 announcement. Called “Leo,” the wallet allows users to generate zero-knowledge (ZK) proofs within their browsers, letting them interact with Aleo’s ZK-based apps. Aleo is in its testnet phase but expects to launch a mainnet later this year.

31.05 / 13:35

business Binance regulation Europe privacy Zcash Monero Binance to delist privacy tokens in France, Italy, Spain and Poland

Cryptocurrency is going to become less private in Europe as the major exchange Binance is preparing to delist all privacy tokens in countries like France and Italy.

30.05 / 21:45

Blockchain Law privacy Court Research Bitcoin Courts Researchers propose new scheme to help courts test deanonymized blockchain data

A team of researchers from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg recently published a paper detailing methods investigators and courts can use to determine the validity of deanonymized data on the Bitcoin (BTC) blockchain.

24.05 / 12:29

Blockchain privacy Cybersecurity security Federal Reserve Podcast Freedom Financial Financial surveillance, privacy and CBDCs: Why are governments going cashless?

When most people think of surveillance, they probably think of cameras on street corners, government agencies collecting emails, or smartphones and smart home devices listening to conversations. But there is another form of government and corporate surveillance that gets less attention but is just as prevalent: financial surveillance.

20.05 / 15:09

Blockchain NFT privacy Monero Monero community lashes out against ‘Mordinals’ amid privacy concerns

Nonfungible tokens (NFTs) are finally on the most infamous privacy-focused blockchain, but not everyone is happy about it. Mordinals, or Monero Ordinals, are similar to Bitcoin Ordinals in that they allow anyone to inscribe data alongside transactions stored on the Monero blockchain.

20.05 / 00:05

business wallet privacy Cybersecurity security LedgerX Bitcoin Wallet Users will decide if they can still trust Ledger with their seed phrases

Self-custody is important in crypto, and security is essential to self-custody. Ledger, a notable hardware wallet manufacturer, has built its reputation on the secure storage of users’ private keys. Hardware wallets create a secure offline environment for storing keys and using keys to execute transactions.

17.05 / 09:37

Blockchain Telegram privacy Cybersecurity security Messaging App Exploit Telegram addresses camera exploit, points to Apple macOS security permissions

Messaging application Telegram has played down the severity of an discovered exploit that allowed researchers to gain access to camera systems of Apple macOS users.

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