#Privacy and Personal Data

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ForkLog 12 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 9 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 9 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 10 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 16 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 8 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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ForkLog 16 01.12.2020

Tezos to add Zcash privacy features

Tezos is preparing the Edo upgrade. Implementing Zcash's Sapling library will enable concealing cryptocurrency transactions, according to a joint statement by Nomadic Labs, Marigold and Metastate.

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ForkLog 7 30.11.2020

Firo developers announce activation of Lelantus privacy protocol

Developers of the privacy-focused cryptocurrency Firo (formerly Zcoin) announced plans to activate the Lelantus privacy protocol and complete the network rebranding. The event could take place on January 12 or 13 at block #336,888, according to the press release.

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ForkLog 8 25.11.2020

Moscow authorities to develop system for creating digital profiles of residents for 280 million rubles

The Moscow mayor's office has commissioned the development of a system aimed at creating a detailed digital profile of users of all city services, Open Media reports citing materials on the public procurement site.

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ForkLog 11 23.11.2020

Interior Ministry to establish biometric data bank for residents of the Russian Federation and foreign nationals

The Russian Interior Ministry intends to create a centralized biometric data bank for Russians and foreign nationals to identify people from facial images and fingerprints, according to TASS citing the ministry's press service.

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ForkLog 12 23.11.2020

CipherTrace files two patents for Monero transaction-tracing technology

CipherTrace, the analytics company, has filed two patents for a technology designed to trace transactions on the Monero network.

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