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Voatz and Why We Can’t Trust Online Voting Just Yet

CoinDesk privacy reporter Benjamin Powers takes an in-depth look at the pitfalls and kinks that still need ironing out before online platforms like Voatz and Democracylive can truly be viable voting alternatives in 2020.

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Tech

With Chat Privacy Under Threat in US, Firm Develops '100% User-Controlled' Messaging

Unstoppable Domains is working to give users full control over their chat data with a new decentralized protocol.

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Markets

The IRS Wants to Know More About Privacy-Enhancing Crypto Coins, Tools

America's tax collector is laying the groundwork for a possible assault on privacy-enhancing cryptocurrency technologies.

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Tech

Bug in Moscow’s Blockchain Polling System Can Reveal How Users Voted: Report

The vulnerability allowed users votes in the recent constitutional poll to be decrypted, Russian journalists found.

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Markets

'I Failed Terribly at Keeping My Identity Secret': Scott Alexander on the Value of Pseudonymity

A New York Times decision to name Scott Alexander, the author of Slate Star Codex, raises questions about who deserves pseudonyms, journalism in 2020 and where we place value when it comes to news stories.

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Tech

Cryptography Startup Brings Private Payment Channels to Tezos Blockchain

Cryptography firm Bolt Labs has launched a private payment solution, zkChannels, on Tezos.

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Finance

Facebook, IoTeX, R3 Among New Members of Confidential Computing Consortium

The Confidential Computing Consortium aims to create systems that sequester sensitive data so it can't be exploited by nefarious actors.

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Markets

Many Bitcoin Developers Are Choosing to Use Pseudonyms – For Good Reason

Whether out of concern for personal security or a desire to preserve privacy, many Bitcoin developers are known to the world only by their pseudonyms.

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Markets

Why CoinDesk Respects Pseudonymity: A Stand Against Doxxing

If you’re going to reveal someone’s personal information without their consent, you better have a damn good reason to do it, writes our executive editor.

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Tech

AI Startup Pilots Digital Masks That Counter Facial Recognition

A Los Angeles startup has created “privacy-preserving face skins” – digital masks or avatars that counter facial recognition software.

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