Privacy


Analyses

What Post-Roe America Tells Us About the Need for Privacy, Web3

Control over our online data is intimately linked with bodily autonomy.

(Tobias Tullius/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

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As the Gun Market Moves to Crypto, Deeply Private Owners Reveal More Than They May Know

Lobbyists don’t want the government to track guns with a registry but the blockchains driving crypto act like one. This piece is part of CoinDesk’s Sin Week.

Central Texas Gun Works, in January 2014, became the first firearms retailer to accept online payment in bitcoin. (Robert Daemmrich Photography Inc/Corbis via Getty Images)

Technologies

Can Privacy-Focused Bitcoin Projects Avoid OFAC Sanctions?

Bitcoin that’s been sent through privacy-preserving mixers could be vulnerable to censorship. But there are some workarounds in progress.

Bitcoin transactions that have been through a mixer stand out from the rest. But that could change. (Getty Images)

Analyses

Why Crypto Should Support the American Data Privacy and Protection Act

A code-first approach to consumer privacy could be bolstered by legislative initiatives.

(Lianhao Qu/Unsplash)

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In Defense of Crime

Crime can be an important signal that something in society needs reforming, writes David Z Morris. Financial surveillance that attempts to completely prevent crime could just make things worse in the long run. This piece is part of CoinDesk's Sin Week.

(Matt Popovich/Unsplash)

Juridique

Alleged Tornado Developer Pertsev Must Stay In Jail, Dutch Judge Rules

Pertsev’s arrest for involvement in the now-sanctioned crypto mixer generated consternation in the Web3 community

Protestors demonstrate against the arrest of Alexey Pertsev in Amsterdam, August 2022 (Jack Schickler)

Juridique

Tornado Cash Developer's Arrest in the Netherlands Draws Community Protest

After the detention of Alexey Pertsev, campaigners worry holding developers accountable for malicious use of their code could have a dangerous, chilling effect.

#FreeAlex protestors in Dam Square, Amsterdam (Jack Schickler/CoinDesk)

Analyses

The Coming Privacy Wars

Whether governments like it or not, demand for privacy is growing – and will perhaps even accelerate the more they try to suppress it.

(Rachel Sun/CoinDesk)