#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 104 09.10.2025

Ethereum Foundation Assembles Team to Enhance Privacy

The non-profit Ethereum Foundation has assembled a team of 47 specialists to enhance the privacy of the network's base layer.

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ForkLog 147 27.09.2025

Vitalik Buterin Criticizes EU’s Chat Control Legislation

The proposed EU legislation on 'Chat Control' threatens citizens' rights to privacy in digital communications, according to Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin.

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ForkLog 110 19.09.2025

Privacy stewards

The Ethereum Foundation’s new data-privacy initiative.

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ForkLog 462 11.09.2025

BitChat kept communication flowing during protests in Indonesia and Nepal

On the growing real-world use of an anonymous messenger.

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ForkLog 97 21.08.2025

A wallet as a passport: new world or prison?

How a crypto wallet becomes an instrument of social control.

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ForkLog 77 20.08.2025

a16z Advocates Zero-Knowledge Proofs for Privacy Without Compromising Security

Zero-knowledge proof technologies can simultaneously protect user privacy and aid in combating illegal activities.

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ForkLog 105 07.08.2025

Former Apple Engineer Launches Payy Visa Card for Private Crypto Transactions

The team at Polybase Labs has unveiled the Payy Visa card, which allows users to spend stablecoins without revealing transaction data on public blockchains. introducing payy card — spend stablecoins privately 🤫 • undoxxable non-custodial card using ZK for privacy• physical card with light-up logo (limited quantity)• easy setup and deposit USDC/crypto• soon: spend-to-earn points […]

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ForkLog 346 06.08.2025

Charles Hoskinson Clarifies NIGHT Token Airdrop Issue on Ledger Wallets

Owners of Ledger hardware wallets encountered difficulties during the Glacier Drop airdrop by Midnight Foundation. Charles Hoskinson, the founder of Cardano, explained that the issue is related to message signature processing. For those curious about glacier drop support for ada on ledger devices, there is an issue with ledger’s implementation of CIP-8 message signing. It […]

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ForkLog 15 28.07.2025

Sam Altman Highlights Trust Risks with ChatGPT

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman stated in the podcast This Past Weekend that personal conversations with ChatGPT are not legally protected. According to him, if necessary, a court can request all the information users have shared with the chatbot. “Your conversations with a therapist, lawyer, or doctor are protected by privacy law. We have yet to […]

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ForkLog 16 17.07.2025

Privacy Pools Integrates USDS Stablecoin from Sky

The privacy solution Privacy Pools, supported by Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin, has integrated the USDS stablecoin from the Sky platform (formerly known as MakerDAO).

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ForkLog 29 07.07.2025

Data as an asset: a new factor of production, with Chinese characteristics

China treats data as a fourth factor of production alongside labour, capital and land. A centralised market for collecting and trading personal information is taking shape. On the dark web, personal data sell for sums ranging from a few dollars to thousands. China’s drive to centralise data poses a challenge to democracies. China has become […]

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ForkLog 29 02.07.2025

The etherisation of bitcoin: how BTCFi affects user privacy

Over the past year the combined TVL of BTCFi protocols has grown more than sixfold—from $975m to over $6.5bn. According to DeFi Llama, bitcoin has entered the top three DeFi ecosystems by TVL, behind Ethereum and Solana. Protocols such as Babylon are opening new income opportunities for holders of the original cryptocurrency. Yet participation in […]

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