Privacy


Policy

Cryptocurrencies Have 'No Way' to Comply With US Anti-Encryption Bills

U.S. Senate bills meant to crack down on encryption could have negative effects for privacy-oriented tech, including cryptocurrencies, entrepreneurs and critics say.

Sen. Lindsey Graham is one of three sponsors  of the LAED Act and the main sponsor of the EARN IT Act. (Sen. Graham's website/Youtube)

Tech

CoinSwap and the Ongoing Effort to Make Bitcoin Privacy 'Invisible'

Developer Chris Belcher has set his sights on making CoinSwap a reality – a new project he hopes will "massively improve bitcoin privacy."

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Finance

Binance Labs Leads $1M Seed Round in Crypto Tor Alternative HOPR

Binance Labs, the seed funding arm of the world’s largest crypto exchange, has made its first investment of 2020, backing privacy startup HOPR.

HOPR's founding team: Robert Kiel, Sebastian Bürgel and Rik Krieger.

Tech

Start9 Labs Pitches a Private At-Home Server. And It Works

Start9 Labs’ Embassy server sets up its own private internet network and comes with its own operating system. We tried it.

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Videos

Voatz and Why We Can’t Trust Online Voting Just Yet

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.

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Tech

With Chat Privacy Under Threat in US, Firm Develops '100% User-Controlled' Messaging

Unstoppable Domains is working to give users full control over their chat data with a new decentralized protocol.

U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C. (lazyllama/Shutterstock)

Markets

The IRS Wants to Know More About Privacy-Enhancing Crypto Coins, Tools

America's tax collector is laying the groundwork for a possible assault on privacy-enhancing cryptocurrency technologies.

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Tech

Bug in Moscow’s Blockchain Polling System Can Reveal How Users Voted: Report

The vulnerability allowed users votes in the recent constitutional poll to be decrypted, Russian journalists found.

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Markets

'I Failed Terribly at Keeping My Identity Secret': Scott Alexander on the Value of Pseudonymity

A New York Times decision to name Scott Alexander, the author of Slate Star Codex, raises questions about who deserves pseudonyms, journalism in 2020 and where we place value when it comes to news stories.

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Tech

Cryptography Startup Brings Private Payment Channels to Tezos Blockchain

Cryptography firm Bolt Labs has launched a private payment solution, zkChannels, on Tezos.

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