Privacy


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US DOJ Calls Bitcoin Mixing 'a Crime' in Arrest of Software Developer

The arrest of Larry Harmon for an alleged connection to AlphaBay raises major questions: Do bitcoiners have a right to build privacy tech?

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Policy

The US Government's Mixed Signals on Digital Currency Privacy

As the Treasury Department prepares for more stringent AML enforcement around cryptos, the Fed says a digital dollar should preserve privacy.

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EFF Defends Ex-Kraken Employee's Right to Post Anonymously About Company

The Electronic Frontier Foundation is defending a former Kraken employee embroiled in a lawsuit over an anonymous review of the crypto exchange on Glassdoor.

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Policy

Could a Digital Dollar Compete on Privacy? Fed Chairman Powell Hints It Might

Fed Chairman Powell has given financial privacy advocates a glimmer of hope – and hinted at how the U.S. might competitively position a digitized dollar.

Jerome Powell image via Federal Reserve

Policy

Why We Need a Federal Privacy Law

Mutale Nkonde, a Harvard researcher, argues the U.S. should pass a privacy law modeled on California's new CCPA.

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Tech

Aztec Launches Privacy Network on Ethereum

Users will be able to create private assets using the protocol.

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Tech

Third-Party Trackers Are Pulling Your Data Off Ring's Android App

A new report from the Electronic Frontier Foundation details the personally identifiable information pulled from your Ring app.

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Policy

Notes From the WEF: Cash Is Dead, Long Live Digital Cash

Consensus is building on one issue at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland: Cash is dead.

COMPLIANCE NOW: RegTech expert Diana Paredes speaks at the 2020 Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum. (Photo by Leigh Cuen for CoinDesk)

Tech

Cypherpunk Harry Halpin Takes On Davos

Nym Technologies CEO Harry Halpin speaks to CoinDesk's Leigh Cuen about the waning power of the Davos elite.

Harry Halpin and Leigh Cuen at Davos 2020. Credit: CoinDesk video

Policy

Campaign Privacy Statements Open Voters to Data Sharing

By signing up for one election campaign, you're often consenting to work with others.

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