Privacy


Opinion

Introducing CoinDesk’s Privacy Week

How innovators in cryptocurrency and beyond are fighting to restore digital privacy – just as governments and corporations endanger what’s left of it.

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Opinion

Meta Leans In to Tracking Your Emotions in the Metaverse

Meet the new world, same as the old: Horizon Worlds, where you will be bagged, tagged and mercilessly monetized.

We have such sights to show you ... (And also we'll be stealing your face.) (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Policy

FinCEN, FDIC to Hold 'Tech Sprint' for Digital Identity Tools

The proliferation of scams, information leaks and synthetic identity fraud is presenting a major challenge to the online financial services industry, federal regulators said.

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Opinion

DeSo Wants Your Seed Phrase. Let Them Come and Take It

Private key security is a fundamental building block of Web 3. One project seems a little too eager to compromise.

Sterling Hayden (left) as Brigadier General Jack D. Ripper and Peter Sellers as Captain Lionel Mandrake in the 1964 film "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb." (John Springer Collection/Getty Images)

Finance

Crypto Browser Brave Passes 50M Monthly Active Users

The company launched search, wallet and video products in 2021.

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Opinion

Web 3 Is More Than Fun and Games; It’s for Work

The internet is where culture forms. How can we make it as secure as possible?

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Tech

Ethereum Mixer Tornado Cash Launches Major Upgrade as V3 Approaches

The privacy mixer is rolling out a number of new features and layer 2 functionality on Gnosis Chain.

Tornado Cash is used to obscure transaction history. (Michael Dziedzic/Unsplash)

Policy

Anonymous Crypto Donors Are Changing Philanthropy

And winning a “quiet war” for donor privacy rights in the nonprofit sector, says the co-founder of The Giving Block.

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Videos

Apple to Allow Collection of iPhone User Data for Targeted Ads

According to the Financial Times, Apple has reportedly allowed app developers to harvest data from its 1 billion iPhone users for targeted advertising, letting companies follow a looser interpretation of its privacy policy. ​”The Hash” team discusses the latest in the world of privacy, potentially illuminating the need for blockchain tech.

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Videos

Meta Builds Tool to Fight Revenge Porn Using Unique Digital Fingerprints

Meta, the parent organization of Facebook, has teamed up with the U.K.-based nonprofit Revenge Porn Helpline to stop the spread of non-consensual intimate images via a “hash-matching technology.” “The Hash” squad discusses how it works and the possible repercussions for user privacy.

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