#Privacy and Personal Data

Latest news and articles on privacy: blockchain and cryptography solutions, anonymous cryptocurrencies, decentralized user identification tools, and Web3.

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ForkLog 7 21.01.2021

Permission to spy: how Apple and Facebook are fighting over our data

The year 2020 will be remembered not only for the pandemic linked to the spread of the coronavirus, but also for an unprecedented wave of fake news and conspiracy theories that proliferated during the crisis.

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ForkLog 21 20.01.2021

Firo network hit by 51% attack

Firo, the privacy-focused cryptocurrency (formerly Zcoin), was subjected to a 51% attack. Developers urged users not to make transactions until the network returned to normal.

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ForkLog 21 14.01.2021

ECB: Privacy cited as the main characteristic of the digital euro by users

The European Central Bank (ECB) has completed public consultations on the digital euro. More than 8,000 people and organisations participated in the discussion, a record for such public consultations by the ECB, the regulator said.

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ForkLog 8 11.01.2021

Moscow authorities to bolster collection of residents’ personal data

The Moscow Department of Information Technology (DIT) intends to create a detailed database of the capital’s residents. It plans to spend more than 185 million rubles on it, writes «Ъ» citing materials on the public procurement site.

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ForkLog 12 02.01.2021

Bittrex to delist privacy-focused coins Monero, Zcash and Dash

From January 15, the cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex will halt trading of privacy-focused coins Monero (XMR), Zcash (ZEC) and Dash (DASH).

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ForkLog 21 30.12.2020

Privacy advocates urge to derail the Trump administration’s ‘farewell gift’ to the crypto industry

The Coin Center, a group that promotes and defends the interests of the bitcoin- and blockchain-industry, has asked for help in opposing the U.S. Treasury's FinCEN rules on verifying users of non-custodial wallets.

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ForkLog 10 28.12.2020

Roskomsvoboda studies government surveillance methods during the pandemic

The public organization Roskomsvoboda, within the Pandemic Big Brother project, released a report on the main surveillance tools deployed by governments around the world under the pretext of curbing the spread of the coronavirus.

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ForkLog 12 22.12.2020

Report: Bitcoins worth $1.4 billion moved through mixers in 2020

In 2020, bitcoins worth $1.4 billion were sent to mixing services. This is $500 million more than the previous year, according to a report by Crystal Blockchain, a Bitfury Group platform.

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ForkLog 16 21.12.2020

HRF explains how Bitcoin helps safeguard rights and freedoms

The HRF's chief strategist, Alex Gladstein, said that millions of people around the world rely on Bitcoin to escape high inflation, frozen accounts, sanctions and financial isolation.

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ForkLog 8 18.12.2020

Tornado Cash to airdrop TORN tokens in Uniswap-style rollout

Developers of the Ethereum-based transaction-mixing service Tornado Cash have unveiled a proposal aimed at handing governance over to the community. It envisions an airdrop of TORN tokens to early supporters of the project.

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ForkLog 18 16.12.2020

Secret Network launches a privacy bridge between Ethereum and ERC-20 tokens

On Tuesday, December 15, developers of Secret Network unveiled a new protocol designed to serve as a bridge to Ethereum, the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, and to provide privacy features for ETH and ERC-20 tokens. Among the latest are tokens from popular DeFi projects.

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ForkLog 16 09.12.2020

End-to-end encryption under threat? How and why governments seek access to our messages

In early November, in the wake of the Vienna attack, reports surfaced of a possible EU ban on end-to-end encryption.

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