Can blockchain supply the guardrails to keep AI on course?
[Nov 21, 2023 8:01 AM] Some believe that hybrid blockchains with both private and public aspects can solve AI’s black-box problem.
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Analysts Fear European Digital Identity Wallet Implementation Might Lead to Mass Surveillance
[Nov 21, 2023 12:30 AM] A group of analysts and companies have raised their voices against the risks that the upcoming European Digital Identity Wallet implementation might bring to Europeans’ privacy. Article 45 of a leaked Eidas document (Electronic…
IRS 'Raided' by Crypto Investors as Industry Puts Up Fight Against U.S. Tax Proposal
[Nov 13, 2023 7:30 AM] The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is gathering the final words now from a crypto sector that is arguing the agency's proposal for a digital-assets taxation regime is an existential threat to investor privacy and to decentralized crypto…
Can crypto Privacy Pools help balance privacy and regulation?
[Nov 9, 2023 8:01 AM] When it comes to privacy and regulation, could Vitalik Buterin’s Privacy Pools be the answer?
Telegram Wallet avoided self-custody to ease crypto onboarding, COO says
[Nov 6, 2023 7:47 AM] As Telegram prepares to roll out Telegram Wallet as a native setting on the messenger in November, it’s important to understand why Wallet opted for custody over self-custody.
Moonstone Research Study Etches Doubts on Monero’s Privacy; Crypto Community Reacts
[Nov 5, 2023 5:30 PM] On September 1, 2023, hackers made off with 2,675.73 monero (XMR), worth over $3 million at the time, from the Monero CCS donation wallet in nine separate transactions. Now, blockchain analysis firm Moonstone Research has traced forward through…
Privacy Technology Firm Nym Plans Early 2024 Rollout of 'Decentralized VPN'
[Nov 2, 2023 8:00 AM] The privacy-focused infrastructure project says that the new NymVPN will disperse traffic across a network of nodes rather than running data through single servers as centralized VPNs do.
Worldcoin claims 4 million app downloads and 1 million active users
[Nov 1, 2023 10:52 AM] The ‘World App’ for iOS and Android has now been downloaded 4 million times, according to data collected by its development team, Tools for Humanity.
Biden administration releases executive order for new AI safety standards
[Oct 30, 2023 7:54 AM] The U.S. government’s executive order establishes six new standards for AI safety and security and its intentions for ethical AI usage within the government.
State Channels ‘Significantly Reduce Congestion and Transaction Fees,’ Ideal for Decentralized Exchanges — Louis Bellet
[Oct 28, 2023 3:00 AM] According to Louis Bellet, the founder of the Layer-3 peer-to-peer protocol Yellow Network, crypto trading has not scaled largely because it remains unregulated in many places which in turn “greatly slows down its growth and produces tons of…
Privacy Is A Group Effort
[Oct 27, 2023 10:46 AM] Privacy is a complicated subject. It's not always a simple binary thing, private or not private, seen or unseen. Seen by whom? Private from whom? Private to what degree? If you are walking down the street with a mask on your face no one can see…
Kraken Begins Notifying Customers It Will Send Their Data to the IRS This November
[Oct 26, 2023 3:00 PM] Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken is sending a letter to clients notifying them that after losing a lengthy court case, they will need to turn over sensitive data to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) after a legal battle that began in May 2021…
Payment Splitting And Switching: Improving Privacy And Payment Success Simultaneously
[Oct 25, 2023 10:41 AM] One of the fundamental limitations of the Lightning protocol is how payment routing is handled and accomplished. It is entirely source routed, meaning that the sender of a payment is the one who constructs the entire route from themselves to the…
Bain Capital, Polychain, Lead $6M Funding Round For Privacy Protocol Firm Nocturne Labs
[Oct 25, 2023 6:00 AM] Other investors included Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin, Bankless Ventures and HackVC.
Privacy firm Nym launches $300M fund, eyes Web3 wallets, RPCs & infrastructure services
[Oct 24, 2023 6:59 AM] The blockchain security firm will look to support open-source projects building security and privacy tools and services for Web3.
Nym Technologies Attracts $300M in Crypto Fund Commitments for Privacy Infrastructure
[Oct 24, 2023 4:00 AM] The Nym Innovation Fund, with commitments from Polychain, KR1, Huobi Incubator and Eden Block, among others, supports projects aiming to safeguard privacy in the crypto ecosystem.
Data Protection Bodies Call For ‘Privacy Threshold’ in Digital Euro Transactions
[Oct 21, 2023 3:30 PM] Ensuring low-value digital euro transactions are not traced is one of the recommendations made by two data protection agencies in the EU. The independent bodies have presented their joint opinion on the proposed regulation for the upcoming digital…
US surveillance and facial recognition firm Clearview AI wins GDPR appeal in UK court
[Oct 19, 2023 11:38 AM] According to court documents, the UK commissioner doesn’t have the authority or jurisdiction to cite or fine the “foreign” company for GDPR infractions.
Google requests dismissal of AI data scraping class-action suit
[Oct 17, 2023 4:37 PM] Google argued in its motion to dismiss the claims that using publicly available information shared on the internet is not “stealing,” as claimed.
Ripple VP: The Policy Considerations 'Justifying the Implementation of CBDCs'
[Oct 17, 2023 5:47 AM] Central bank digital currencies have nearly limitless opportunity but ultimately, mainstream adoption hinges upon usability, Ripple Vice President James Wallis writes.
The Tech Guru Behind Worldcoin: a Q&A With Tiago Sada
[Oct 11, 2023 10:05 AM] The head of product for Tools for Humanity grew up in Mexico, became an expert in robotics and won a scholarship to study in the U.S. Now he's overseeing one of the most interesting (and controversial) blockchain projects.
Solana Upgrade Ushers in Era of Private Transactions
[Oct 6, 2023 2:30 PM] Solana has successfully implemented its 1.16 upgrade, introducing several new features, including improved runtime support for zero-knowledge proofs and enhancements for validators. However, the highlight of this upgrade is the “confidential…
Snapchat warned by UK data watchdog over AI chatbot risks
[Oct 6, 2023 7:29 AM] Snapchat received a warning from the U.K. data watchdog regarding its AI chatbot “My AI” for potentially failing to identify and address its privacy risks.
Parliamentary committee calls for shutdown of Worldcoin in Kenya
[Oct 2, 2023 9:55 AM] The committee’s recommendations included having the Kenyan government consider implementing a comprehensive framework for digital assets and virtual asset service providers.
US Spy Agency Plans to Launch Generative AI Tool to Amplify Intelligence Gathering
[Sep 29, 2023 12:00 AM] Reports indicate that the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency is poised to unveil a generative artificial intelligence (AI) tool, akin to Openai’s Chatgpt, to significantly enhance investigative efforts. Randy Nixon, the head of the CIA’s…
Whitney Webb: Bitcoin And The Plot To Destroy Financial Privacy
[Sep 27, 2023 5:08 PM] This article is featured in Bitcoin Magazine’s “The Withdrawal Issue”. Click here to subscribe now.A PDF pamphlet of this article is available for download. Late last month, a bipartisan group of U.S. Senators introduced the Financial…
CBDC frameworks must guard user privacy, monetary freedom of choice - BIS chief
[Sep 27, 2023 7:39 AM] BIS general manager Agustín Carstens stresses the importance of legal frameworks that protect CBDC user privacy and maintain monetary freedom of choice.
UK Online Safety Bill to Become Law Amidst Heavy Criticism From Civil Liberties Organizations
Nansen third-party vendor suffers security breach, user data affected
[Sep 22, 2023 6:03 AM] The crypto analytics provider says a security breach of a third-party vendor has affected nearly 7% of users in the system who were promptly informed of the incident.
Signal hints at leaving UK market following passage of online safety bill
[Sep 20, 2023 11:00 AM] Critics of the U.K. Online Safety Bill had pushed for amendments prior to passage, claiming the legislation could allow authorities a backdoor for end-to-end encryption services.