Privacy


Opinião

Ugly Bargains Between Banks and Regulators Are Rearing Their Head Again

The "know your customer" and anti-money laundering system imposes constraints on financial access and inhibits liberty and privacy, even though the original security intent was reasonable.

A scene from "Billions" (Jeff Neumann/Showtime)

Opinião

Why Celsius Doxxed Hundreds of Thousands of Users

It was a court order, which the crypto lender seemed to have pushed back on.

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Opinião

Privacy-Enabled Crypto Applications Are Coming for Enterprise, but Not Overnight

Corporate-friendly blockchain efforts face several hurdles, including scale, compute capacity and the management of data privacy.

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Opinião

Amazon and Wanda Sykes Think Spying on You Is Hilarious

“Ring Nation” wants to normalize surveillance. But more than 40 civil rights groups and a U.S. senator call it dystopian corporate propaganda.

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Política

US Treasury Wants Public to Comment on Crypto’s Role in Illicit Finance

The Treasury Department listed a number of questions, asking the general public to weigh in on how it’s approaching cryptocurrencies and their possible role in illegal activities.

The U.S. Treasury Department is seeking public comment on the role of cryptocurrencies in illicit finance, and its own response to this issue. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)