Privacy

Manetu CEO Moiz Kohari. (Credit: Moiz Kohari)
Ex-State Street Blockchain Team Drops DLT From New Data-Privacy Startup
Data privacy startup Manetu goes live early next month with $3.5 million in backing from Castle Island Ventures and others.
Manetu CEO Moiz Kohari. (Credit: Moiz Kohari)

TAINTED? “A single dollar bill can be home to as many as 3,000 different bacteria and has changed hands upwards of a thousand times,” claims the Colorado Bankers Association. (Credit: Shutterstock)
While Some Hoard Dollar Bills, Others Envision Germy Cash's Quick Demise
Is a cash-based society sustainable in a pandemic? Hoarders say yes. Health experts say maybe. Visionaries say no: It’s a moment for systemic change.
TAINTED? “A single dollar bill can be home to as many as 3,000 different bacteria and has changed hands upwards of a thousand times,” claims the Colorado Bankers Association. (Credit: Shutterstock)

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Privacy Advocates Are Sounding Alarms Over Coronavirus Surveillance
Crises provide opportunities for surveillance architecture to move forward, say privacy advocates. This time is no different.
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Think a Privacy Law Will Stop Surveillance Capitalism? You Don't Know Google
Big Tech's business model isn't threatened by the prospect of new data privacy laws, says one VC. FAANG firms are too nimble, powerful and ingenious.
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What an Uptick in 'Coinjoins' Says About Bitcoin's Value Proposition
A bitcoin privacy technology is seeing more usage as the global markets tank.
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BTC HUB: The Tel Aviv Bitcoin Embassy is closed during the coronavirus pandemic. (Image via Facebook)
Israeli Bitcoiners See Surveillance as Unavoidable During Coronavirus Crisis
Tracking mobile-phone data may save lives during the pandemic, but will it become a permanent feature of the surveillance state?
BTC HUB: The Tel Aviv Bitcoin Embassy is closed during the coronavirus pandemic. (Image via Facebook)

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Controversial Group Behind Coronavirus Tracking App Has Crypto Ties
The coronavirus crisis may highlight the overlap between the surveillance state and the cryptocurrency industry.
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In Fight Against Coronavirus, Governments Face Trade-Offs on Privacy
Safeguarding privacy rights is tricky during a time of pandemic and panic.
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Mass Surveillance Threatens Personal Privacy Amid Coronavirus
The extreme surveillance measures taken to address COVID-19 are not normal or inevitable.
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FluffyPony on Encryption, Clearview and How Coronavirus Could Impact Privacy
The former lead maintainer of Monero and co-founder of Tari speaks about the state of global privacy
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