Privacy


Tecnologia

How to Protect Bitcoin for Your Heirs With the Push of a 'Dead Man's Button'

What happens to your bitcoin after you die? Lightning developers think a "dead man's button" could be a new tool to passing your crypto to your heirs.

If a "dead man's button" isn't pressed one week, it is assumed the user is dead and the service automatically dispenses a "secret," which heirs can use to retrieve the crypto.

(Image via Library of Congress.)

Política

Privacy Laws Are Only as Effective as the Companies Implementing Them

Sometimes the very laws meant to enforce privacy can result in companies sharing it.

GDPR

Política

When Corporations Violate Privacy, They Do Concrete Harm

There are tangible safety implications to consumer privacy violations, says Lindsey Barrett of Georgetown Law.

identity, privacy

Mercados

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?

Larry Harmon

Política

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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Política

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.

Credit: Shutterstock/Piotr Swat

Política

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

Política

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.

surveillance

Tecnologia

Aztec Launches Privacy Network on Ethereum

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

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Tecnologia

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.

Credit: Ring promotional screenshot