Privacy

Brave has acquired Tailcat, part of the company’s plan to create a private search engine that can compete with Google. “The Hash” panel discusses current user experience on privacy-focused browsers and the outlook for privacy-centered products.

4 mars 2021

The Facebook vs. Apple saga continues, with the social media giant releasing a new advertisement targeting small business owners. “The Hash” panel discusses the impact of the Facebook vs. Apple battle and its implications for user privacy.

1 mars 2021

The Distributed Denial of Secrets (DDoSecrets) group hacked far-right social media platform Gab. DDoSecrets says it will release a 70 gigabyte trove of private data to journalists, data scientists and researchers. Noble cause or exploitation?

1 mars 2021

Brave, the privacy-oriented internet browser, has been accidentally leaking users' browsing data due to a bug in its Tor mode code. "The Hash" panel weighs in on what happened and the implications for online privacy and security.

22 févr. 2021

A New York Times report criticized the United States for failing to build up its defensive cyber campaigns, leaving it vulnerable to foreign misinformation campaigns and hackers. CoinDesk's privacy reporter Ben Powers discusses the implications of the recent rash of hacking, and what it means for the future of global security.

12 févr. 2021

If national governments digitize their national currencies, who has access to the data it will create? CoinDesk Chief Content Officer Michael Casey and Wall Street Journal markets reporter Paul Vigna discuss the future of cryptocurrencies, including CBDCs, and cite privacy as a major emerging concern.

12 févr. 2021

A New York Times report criticized the United States for failing to build up its defensive cyber campaigns, leaving it vulnerable to foreign misinformation campaigns and hackers. CoinDesk privacy reporter Ben Powers discusses the implications of the recent rash of hacking and what it means for the future of global security.

9 févr. 2021

A New York Times report criticized the United States for failing to build up its defensive cyber campaigns, leaving it vulnerable to foreign misinformation campaigns and hackers. CoinDesk’s privacy reporter Ben Powers discusses the implications of the recent rash of hacking, and what it means for the future of global security.

9 févr. 2021

Facebook, Snap, Unity, and others are speaking out against privacy updates to Apple's iOS, claiming that increased privacy measures will interfere with their business models. The Hash team weighs in on the future of privacy and advertising, including the use of decentralized, smart contract-based advertising through Brave, an open source web browser.

8 févr. 2021

CoinDesk privacy reporter Benjamin Powers takes an in-depth look at the pitfalls and kinks that still need ironing out before online platforms like Voatz and Democracylive can truly be viable voting alternatives in 2020.

7 juil. 2020