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Russia May Lift Telegram Ban Due to Coronavirus Outbreak
23.4.2020
Russian officials have proposed terminating the Telegram ban in the country, highlighting that the app is used by state authorities to tackle COVID-19 pandemic
Privacy Altcoin Beam to Execute Second Hard Fork in June 2020
22.4.2020
Privacy-focused altcoin Beam will execute its second hard fork on June 28, upgrading the network’s PoW algorithm from BeamHash II to BeamHash III
The COVID-19 Global Pandemic Raises Serious Privacy Problems
22.4.2020
Fighting the global pandemic without sacrificing your personal private data: Is it possible?
CoinDesk Live: Understanding Our Digital Personas feat. Alex McDougall
21.4.2020
“If we don’t fix the data paradigm...we don’t really have free will,” says Alex McDougall of Bicameral Ventures
Researchers Surface Privacy Vulnerabilities in Bitcoin Lightning Network Payments
21.4.2020
Privacy holes in the Lightning Network, a bitcoin transaction settlement layer, are leaking payment information
European Contact Tracing Consortium Faces Wave of Defections Over Centralization Concerns
20.4.2020
Contact tracing researchers fear Europe could choose a centralized system that puts personal privacy at risk
Dash Core Group to Update Platform’s ‘Evonet’ Testnet Every Six Weeks
20.4.2020
The Dash Core Group plans to release a network update every six weeks starting with a release between April 22 and May 5
Everything You Need to Know (But Never Asked) About a Website Privacy Policy
20.4.2020
You see them on almost every website you visit. Click throughs to accept cookies and read privacy policies. But this isn’t just a default state for web designers to...
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Baseline Developers Propose DTL-Based Coronavirus Contact Tracing
17.4.2020
Baseline devs suggest solutions to the privacy & security issues identified with Google and Apple’s proposed contract tracing system
New Blockchain Solution to Fight COVID-19 Complies With EU Data Privacy Regs
17.4.2020
Two firms have created a blockchain solution for storing various forms of medical data while remaining compliant with GDPR standards
Russians Troll Government COVID-19 App With 1-Star Ratings, Harsh Reviews
17.4.2020
The Russian government released an app to track citizens during the coronavirus pandemic. Privacy advocates are leaving bad reviews in the app stores
BTCPay Brings Two-Way Bitcoin Privacy To Thousands of Merchants
17.4.2020
Bitcoin payment processor BTCPay Server has added support for Pay to Endpoint (P2EP), a result of a workshop organized by Blockstream, a major, Canada-based blockchain company.
As Blockstream explains in their blog post, P2EP, aka PayJoin, is a special type of Coin Join, a method for combining...
Researchers Highlight Privacy Issues With Lightning Network
17.4.2020
The researchers offer several possible solutions to the attack that will impact either efficiency or privacy on the Lightning Network
Decentralized Protocol Removed From EU Contact Tracing Website Without Notice
16.4.2020
EU researchers are concerned after their proposal for a decentralized contact tracing system was rejected without explanation
BTCPay Looks to Anonymize Bitcoin Transactions With PayJoin Integration
16.4.2020
PayJoin is a relatively new way to send private transactions in bitcoin and may offer better privacy than current popular alternatives
John McAfee Launches Absolute Privacy Token GHOST Coin
16.4.2020
Computer scientist John McAfee recently expanded his crypto ventures by launching GHOST Coin, a privacy-focused cryptocurrency, which is available for swaps on McAfeeDEX against Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, etc. GHOST transactions are based on escrow architecture and are verified using...
Privacy-Focused Digital Assets Surged in 2019
15.4.2020
In a quarterly report from eToro, digital assets like ZEC and XMR surged in 2019, while BTC saw a stronger correlation with gold in 2020
For Contact Tracing to Work, Americans Will Have to Trust Google and Apple
14.4.2020
Critics have doubts that Google and Apple can make their contact tracing system work. Key issue: trust
‘Governments Will be Unable to Shut It Down’ – John McAfee to Launch Privacy Centric Crypto
14.4.2020
The U.S. Presidential candidate who remains on the run from the IRS, John McAfee, announced he’s launching a new privacy coin called Ghost. McAfee says the Ghost cryptocurrency will be a proof-of-stake (PoS) coin and it will be available on his decentralized exchange (dex). The former...
Blockchain Bites: The Global Lockdown, Privacy Preserving Cryptography and Bitmain’s Cash Rebates
14.4.2020
Crypto may protect privacy as governments turn to contact tracing apps, while hackers are selling your Zoom account information for pennies on the dollar