Privacy


Opinion

The Trojan Horse of Privacy

For privacy to take off, it needs to stop being the value proposition. It's got to be a gift people don't notice. Think apps first, privacy second, futurist Dan Jeffries writes for CoinDesk's Privacy Week.

(Metropolitan Museum of Art, modified by CoinDesk)

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The Privacy Boom Is Going to Change Everything

The public is wising up to the harms of surveillance. Investors see opportunity, but activists say fixing privacy requires more than new widgets. This article is part of CoinDesk's Privacy Week.

(Rachel Sun/CoinDesk)

Layer 2

Bitcoin Isn’t Private – But Its Recent Taproot Upgrade Will Help

The upgrade could give the network a much-anticipated privacy boost once its effects ripple throughout the ecosystem.

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Layer 2

Chelsea Manning on the Sad State of Online Privacy

“I have zero hope at a policy level,” says the whistleblower turned security consultant. “This is a cultural issue.” This interview is part of CoinDesk's Privacy Week.

Chelsea Manning (Illustration by Rachel Sun)

Opinion

Introducing CoinDesk’s Privacy Week

How innovators in cryptocurrency and beyond are fighting to restore digital privacy – just as governments and corporations endanger what’s left of it.

Illustration: Melody Wang

Opinion

Meta Leans In to Tracking Your Emotions in the Metaverse

Meet the new world, same as the old: Horizon Worlds, where you will be bagged, tagged and mercilessly monetized.

We have such sights to show you ... (And also we'll be stealing your face.) (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Policy

FinCEN, FDIC to Hold 'Tech Sprint' for Digital Identity Tools

The proliferation of scams, information leaks and synthetic identity fraud is presenting a major challenge to the online financial services industry, federal regulators said.

(Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Opinion

DeSo Wants Your Seed Phrase. Let Them Come and Take It

Private key security is a fundamental building block of Web 3. One project seems a little too eager to compromise.

Sterling Hayden (left) as Brigadier General Jack D. Ripper and Peter Sellers as Captain Lionel Mandrake in the 1964 film "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb." (John Springer Collection/Getty Images)

Finance

Crypto Browser Brave Passes 50M Monthly Active Users

The company launched search, wallet and video products in 2021.

Brave app (bangoland/Shutterstock)

Opinion

Web 3 Is More Than Fun and Games; It’s for Work

The internet is where culture forms. How can we make it as secure as possible?

(Sasha Freemind/Unsplash)