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Privacy

Privacy Is a Human Right – and the 118th Congress Must Defend It

U.S. lawmakers must prevent the further erosion of our privacy rights by defending our right to use privacy-preserving tech and passing laws against unreasonable and constant digital surveillance.

By Lia Holland Eseohe Ojo

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Jan 23, 2023 at 1:40 p.m. UTC

Jan 23, 2023

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Cbdcs

Against CBDCs and the Politicization of Money

No one should understate the threat CBDCs pose to individual sovereignty, the Competitive Enterprise Institute's Paul H. Jossey writes.

By Paul Jossey

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Oct 14, 2022 at 8:10 p.m. UTC

Oct 14, 2022

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Podcasts

Podcasts

Crypto Update | Amazon and Wanda Sykes Think Spying on You Is Hilarious

With September now reaching a close as a historically bad month for bitcoin and looking ahead for what to expect entering October, plus a look at the current surveillance state, CoinDesk’s “Markets Daily” is back with the latest news roundup.

By Adam B. LevineAdrian Blust

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Sep 30, 2022 at 3:47 p.m. UTC

Sep 30, 2022

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Opinion

Lunarpunks, Privacy and the New Encryption Guerillas

A growing group of cryptography experts are using tools to carve "dark" spaces out of the surveilled web. This article is a preview of Rachel-Rose O'Leary's talk on the 'Big Ideas' stage at Consensus.

By Rachel-Rose O'Leary

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Jun 8, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. UTC

Jun 8, 2022

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Privacy Week

Privacy week

Bitcoin Protects Privacy and Fights Oppression

Central bank digital currencies, on the other hand, are financial surveillance on steroids. This op-ed is part a CoinDesk's Privacy Week. Murtaza Hussain is a national security reporter at The Intercept.

By Murtaza Hussain

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Jan 29, 2022 at 5:44 p.m. UTC

Jan 29, 2022

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Facebook libra

Reflecting on Facebook's Hilarious, Well-Deserved Crypto Failure

Diem: derailed, deferred, now dead.

By David Z. Morris

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Jan 28, 2022 at 6:49 p.m. UTC

Jan 28, 2022

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Privacy Week

Privacy

The Algorithmic Life Is Not Worth Living

Behavior modeling is the flywheel of the digital economy - and it's making us all stupid, boring, and neurotic.

By David Z. Morris

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Jan 27, 2022 at 4:19 p.m. UTC

Jan 27, 2022

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Policy

Privacy

How to Dismantle the Surveillance State After the Patriot Act

Today is the 20th anniversary of the Patriot Act, which traded certain individual liberties for national security.

By Daniel Kuhn

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Oct 26, 2021 at 6:28 p.m. UTC

Oct 26, 2021

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Tech

Y combinator

Why Everyone Is Mad at Sam Altman’s Worldcoin

Edward Snowden and other privacy advocates dogpiled the former Y Combinator leader’s deeply ill-conceived crypto project.

By David Z. Morris

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Oct 25, 2021 at 7:02 p.m. UTC

Oct 25, 2021

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Markets

Privacy

Congress’s Misstep on Crypto Reporting Shows the Dangerous Allure of Surveillance

The visceral pushback to Sen. Rob Portman's reporting requirements isn't about avoiding taxes – it's about protecting digital liberties.

By David Z. Morris

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Aug 9, 2021 at 9:00 p.m. UTC

Aug 9, 2021

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