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ForkLog 9 16.10.2020

How the Pandemic Is Killing Internet Freedom: A Freedom House Report

Against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic, internet freedom worldwide deteriorated sharply. Governments have seized the opportunity to tighten surveillance of citizens and curb the right to a free internet. The data come from Freedom House's report Freedom on the Net 2020.

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ForkLog 5 14.10.2020

CipherTrace guides investigators on where to search for bitcoin stashes

CipherTrace, an analytics company, has developed special recommendations to help law enforcement identify signs of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies' usage.

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ForkLog 8 13.10.2020

Chainalysis doubles revenue on the back of rising U.S. authorities’ interest in cryptocurrencies

The analytics firm Chainalysis posted a year-on-year doubling of revenue for the third quarter. The driver was 'increased demand for tools to track cryptocurrency transactions for the purposes of curbing illicit activity', the firm said.

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ForkLog 9 13.10.2020

Experts Warn of Risks in the Spread of Facial-Recognition Systems in China

The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the deployment of facial-recognition systems in China. Many experts express concerns about their use due to the risks of data leaks, according to the South China Morning Post.

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ForkLog 7 09.10.2020

Moscow authorities say data on remote workers will be anonymised, used only to assess passenger traffic

The data collected on Moscow-based employees who have shifted to remote work will be anonymised and used solely to assess passenger traffic, according to Dmitry Ivanov, deputy head of Moscow's Department of Information Technology, TASS reports.

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ForkLog 9 05.10.2020

ICE to track internal Bitcoin transactions

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) plans to automate oversight of domestic financial operations, including Bitcoin transactions. The software should serve as a complement to the existing open-source solution.

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ForkLog 8 28.09.2020

EY launches tool to analyse Bitcoin’s blockchain data

Ernst & Young (EY), a Big Four auditing firm, has added a new product for researching blockchain data. The development is part of the EY Blockchain Analyzer package, according to a press release.

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ForkLog 6 25.09.2020

Moscow facial-recognition system to be deployed in ten more Russian cities

NtechLab, the company behind Moscow's facial-recognition system, has launched pilot versions of similar systems in ten major Russian cities, Kommersant reports.

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ForkLog 15 10.09.2020

Eterbase: Hackers moved stolen cryptocurrency to Binance and Huobi

Slovak bitcoin exchange Eterbase reported the initial results of the hack investigation. According to the company, a large part of the funds was moved by the hackers to Binance, Huobi, and HitBTC.

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ForkLog 21 10.09.2020

IRS spends $250,000 on crypto-tracking tool

The Internal Revenue Service's Criminal Investigation division signed a contract for $249,900 with the little-known analytics firm Blockchain Analytics and Tax Software, Cointelegraph reports.

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ForkLog 28 31.08.2020

CipherTrace unveils Monero transaction-tracing tool

CipherTrace has unveiled the first-of-its-kind tool for tracing Monero (XMR) transaction flows, according to Cointelegraph.

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ForkLog 24 18.08.2020

Elliptic to track transactions on Binance’s blockchain

The analytics firm Elliptic has added the Binance blockchain and its native token BNB to cryptocurrency risk-tracking systems.

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