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John McAfee gets formal apology after being falsely accused of pumping and dumping privacy coin
John McAfee, creator of “McAfee virus,” was in the news after a news media outlet falsely accused him of a “pump and dump” scheme with the privacy coin, Apollo. However, the outlet later retracted the accusation, offering McAfee an apology. дальше »
2019-4-5 22:30 | |
Indian court asks government to ban TikTok downloads because it ‘encourages pornography’
Yesterday, the Madras High Court, situated in the southern Indian city of Chennai, directed the country’s central government to ban TiKTok, the popular video creation app from Chinese giant Bytedance. дальше »
2019-4-4 14:56 | |
Facebook’s Cryptocurrency Won’t Let You Buy Your Privacy Back
Facebook is moving into cryptocurrency, aiming to create some type of stablecoin that will make it possible for users within its gargantuan network to transfer value to each other. Why Facebook doesn’t simply use an existing cryptocurrency is, of course, a mystery. дальше »
2019-3-31 23:30 | |
Facebook is Under Fire but Billionaire Founder Zuckerberg’s Wealth Jumps $3 Billion
It seems investors and Facebook users still won’t be phased by increasing pressure on the social media giant and its CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Despite data privacy concerns, tax hits, and scrutiny from global governments Facebook’s share price has risen and with it Zuckerberg’s wealth. дальше »
2019-3-12 10:46 | |
Facebook Experiences 15 Million Users Leaving Since 2017 Privacy Fiasco, Will Blockchain Help?
Privacy matters are proved by the young Americans as over 17 million of them abandoned Facebook over the last two years after the social media giant was caught in a series of data privacy scandals. According to the survey conducted by Edison Research -which is the longest running one of digital consumer behavior in America- […] дальше »
2019-3-11 19:20 | |
Zuckerberg is Finally Discovering Privacy But Advertisers Are Quitting Facebook
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is boasting that the social media platform is going to shift its focus to users’ privacy by encrypting messages. He says that the company won’t even be able to access these messages. дальше »
2019-3-11 09:59 | |
Facebook CEO Zuckerberg Posts Note Showing New Plans to Improve Privacy on Social Media Platform
Facebook has been a continued source of news recently as the company has reportedly been hiring engineers and other employees for their secretive blockchain project. While this news was not addressing, the CEO of the company took to his “Notes” option on the website to discuss the changes that the company is willing to reveal […] дальше »
2019-3-7 23:51 | |
Reacting to Public Ire, Coinbase Drops Neutrino Execs With Hacking Team Ties
After a week of community discontent, cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has decided to sever its business relationship with Neutrino employees who previously worked at the notorious Italian malware/software provider Hacking Team. дальше »
2019-3-5 19:09 | |
Coinbase Bought Neutrino Because Its Old Analysis Providers Sold User Data
Coinbase’s Director of Institutional Sales, Christine Sandler, said in an interview last week that, in part, the exchange acquired controversial software firm Neutrino because its prior blockchain analysis providers were selling customer data. дальше »
2019-3-5 23:58 | |
How enterprise social media like Slack can improve well-being in the workplace
We live in a world where technology is increasingly ubiquitous and showing no signs of slowing down. Whether in our professional or personal lives, the always-on, always-connected nature of life in 2019 seems to be unavoidable. дальше »
2019-3-3 16:30 | |
Grim Stories of Ethical, Privacy Abuses Emerge About Coinbase’s New Partners
When Coinbase acquired Neutrino for an unspecified amount in February 2019, the news looked like business as usual: A cryptocurrency juggernaut had made another acquisition. дальше »
2019-3-1 17:19 | |
Google’s ‘Surprise’ Nest Microphone Was a Flub – Not a Privacy Scandal
Google copped to making a mistake Thursday by not disclosing a microphone component present in its Nest Guard devices, an enhancement to the Nest Secure suite. No Reports of Actual Consumers Bothered By Google’s Secret Nest Microphone Google’s surprise microphone alarmed consumer privacy advocates, but no word yet from any major news sources reporting that actual Nest Guard users were unhappy about Google waiting to disclose the microphone until it had developed the software applications for it. дальше »
2019-2-23 22:33 | |
Zuckerberg Talks Blockchain Potential, Calls Facebook an Innovator in Privacy
When you think of Facebook today, a pioneer in privacy isn’t the first thing that comes to mind. But you should, at least according to its founder Mark Zuckerberg. In a recent interview, Zuckerberg broke down all the efforts that the social media giant has made to secure user data. дальше »
2019-2-21 17:35 | |
How to decentralize social media, according to Wikipedia’s co-founder
The problem about social media is that it is centralized. Centralization empowers massive corporations and governments to steal our privacy and restrict our speech and autonomy. What should exist are neutral, technical standards and protocols, like the standards and protocols for blogs, email, and the Web. дальше »
2019-2-20 12:41 | |
Yes, Mark Zuckerberg Is a “Digital Gangster” Who Violates Your Privacy, but Here’s Why You Still Won’t Quit Facebook
Lawmakers in the UK have released a damning report on Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook, calling them “digital gangsters. ” The report refers to Facebook’s deliberate violation of privacy laws and its role in spreading “fake news” and disinformation. дальше »
2019-2-18 21:22 | |
Living on Bitcoin Day 7: A Supposedly Fun Thing I’d Definitely Do Again
This is the seventh instalment of reporter Colin Harper's "Living on Bitcoin" experience in San Francisco. Find out what happened to him earlier on Day 1 , on Day 2 , on Day 3 , onDay 4, on Day 5 and on Day 6. дальше »
2019-1-29 01:51 | |
Verge (XVG) reaches ultimate “privacy”: Nobody knows, cares or talks about it anymore
Once shilled as “the future of privacy”, Verge has seemingly decided to stay true to that moniker by flying under the community’s radar during the past couple of months. Its low profile coincided with its main developer, Justin Sunerok, also taking a hiatus from public appearances, both in social media and in real life. дальше »
2019-1-21 00:30 | |
Markets Update: Cryptocurrencies Follow Bullish Piercing Pattern as Buyers Advance
Digital currency markets have seen some gains during the early morning trading sessions on Saturday. Since our last markets update, the entire cryptocurrency economy has gained $4 billion and a slew of the top digital assets are up between 2-6% over the last 24 hours. дальше »
2019-1-19 19:00 | |
Openbazaar’s New Social Media Platform Aims to Foster Privacy
On Thursday, during the first day of the North American Bitcoin Conference (TNABC), Openbazaar founder and CEO Brian Hoffman announced a new service called Haven Privacy. The product is a multi-faceted application for Openbazaar’s mobile and full node clients allowing users to chat, shop, and send cryptocurrencies in a private fashion. дальше »
2019-1-18 17:50 | |
Facebook “owns” my family: a cautionary fable
I hate New Year. I don’t do resolutions and am generally “bah, humbug” about the whole hullabaloo. This year, my curmudgeonly attitude was dramatically amplified by social media in general, and Facebook in particular. дальше »
2019-1-2 16:59 | |
Comcast to Introduce a Blockchain-Based Solution for Increasing Data Privacy
Telecommunications giant Comcast will integrate blockchain technology to better match audience-generated data with thousands of advertising partners, reported Adweek on December 22, 2018. Peer-to-Peer Media Blockchain The Philadelphia-based company is partnering with mass media player Viacom, and advertising solutions provider Spectrum Reach to develop an enterprise-grade private blockchain network. дальше »
2018-12-25 12:00 | |
Comcast to Work With Spectrum And Viacom in Rolling Out a Blockgraph Cable Advertising Platform
Comcast Cable Advertising (CCA) on December 21st announced that they are making Blockgraph available in the first quarter of 2019. Blockgraph is the new initiative that involves an “identity layer” on which media owners can offer advertisers audience targeting at scale in a manner that better ensures the privacy of their viewers and also helps […] дальше »
2018-12-22 13:07 | |
Facebook’s latest privacy stumble gave big tech access to your messages
Last night, we got word of yet another Facebook privacy scandal. What is that, Number 427 for the year? In this case, a report from The New York Times revealed the social media company gave an extreme amount of access to certain partner companies, over and above what users might have expected. дальше »
2018-12-19 22:41 | |
The creative trends dominating mainstream and independent media
Once again, we begin to look back at 2018 and try to determine what trends will help shape another year. Inevitably 2019 will consist of both challenges and opportunities in equal measure. But, what have we learned over the last 12 months and how are we progressing forward as a global community? There is an increasing awareness that we need to protect the security and privacy of almost every aspect of our lives. дальше »
2018-12-11 17:01 | |
Is Tim Cook the champion of privacy?
Today’s ceaseless data scandals have everyone talking about privacy, especially insofar as our favorite digital devices and platforms are concerned. Few companies have been at the center of the media maelstrom focused on privacy than Apple, the world’s most valuable and most-tech savvy corporation. дальше »
2018-10-27 01:18 | |
David Chaum on Digital Privacy: “The Cat Is Out of the Bag”
David Chaum, the cryptographer credited with starting the cypherpunk movement in the 1980s and launching eCash, an early form of virtual money in the 1990s, thinks people are taking financial privacy a lot more seriously these days. дальше »
2018-10-24 18:02 | |
Brave CEO Pens Letter to Senate Committee Asking for GDPR-Like Privacy Regulation
Brendan Eich, the CEO of Brave, has written a letter to the U. S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation urging them to implement GDPR-like legislation in the United States. дальше »
2018-10-4 20:51 | |
Battle of the Privacycoins: Verge Offers Little Privacy and Nothing Unique
Based on blockchain technology, most cryptocurrencies have an open and public ledger. While this is required for these systems to work, it comes with a significant downside: Privacy is often quite limited. дальше »
2018-9-18 19:50 | |
Bitcoin Magazine’s Week in Review: Lightning, Launches and Broken Promises
A handful of projects brought their tech to life this week, introducing new payment systems and coins to the industry’s offerings. Meanwhile, Bitcoin’s Lightning Network makes headway for the dev community, and one of crypto’s older and more respected exchanges (arguably) takes a step against the space’s principles. дальше »
2018-9-11 17:57 | |
Akoin Wants To Undo ‘Confusing’ Launch, Become Serious Project
Despite the mainstream media’s stream-of-bad-news schedule, cryptocurrency has a long and proud tradition of philanthropy. The Pineapple Fund, which closed in early May, donated $55m in bitcoin to a wide variety of charitable causes, including water sanitation in Africa and improving internet privacy levels. дальше »
2018-8-17 18:52 | |
Bitcoin Magazine’s Week in Review: Getting Creative With Blockchain Solutions
This week’s top stories include two feature interview: one with Kavita Gupta, founding managing partner at ConsenSys Ventures; and another with electronic dance music DJ Justin Blau (aka DJ 3BLAU) who is launching a decentralized music festival. дальше »
2018-8-13 20:52 | |
Mainframe Blockchain Project Gets $2 Million to Battle Digital Snooping and Surveillance
Cryptography Startup Invests in Anti-Snooping Projects Mainframe, a Utah-based security and cryptography startup company, has recently taken steps to donate nearly USD $2 million in a variety of different privacy and human rights efforts all over the world. дальше »
2018-8-8 23:40 | |
Lyn Ulbricht and the Effort to Free Ross: Looking at "the End of the Road”
The darknet site founded by Ross Ulbricht, Silk Road, has been offline for years now. But the legal questions behind his conviction and subsequent sentencing to life in prison without the possibility of parole in 2015, remain fresh, raw and real to Ulbricht’s advocates. дальше »
2018-7-28 23:38 | |
What Is TaTaTu Cryptocurrency?
Over the past few years, people have become aware of the fact that their personal data is often used by social media companies and online retailers for advertising purposes. In addition, a surge in the number of recent data privacy scandals has forced more people to make use of advanced security protocols so that they […] дальше »
2018-7-19 02:00 | |
ONe Social Network Built on Trust and Transparency Readies Its TGE
ONe Network lets social media users retain full control of their data and privacy with a September 18th main sale token launch. The post ONe Social Network Built on Trust and Transparency Readies Its TGE appeared first on CoinSpeaker. дальше »
2018-7-6 01:00 | |
MIT Media Lab Project Enigma Partners with Intel on Privacy Research
American multinational technology company Intel has partnered with Enigma on research and development of privacy in computational technologies. Announcing the partnership in a blog post, Enigma said that it was excited to work with Intel as it seeks to advance its protocol and privacy technologies for public blockchains. The partnership comes a few weeks before […] дальше »
2018-6-23 20:00 | |
Supremes Uphold Cell Privacy, Hope for Ross Ulbricht
The United States Supreme Court, in a 5-to-4 decision for the case Carpenter v. United States, ruled cops cannot access cell phone tracking information without a warrant. Around the country, privacy advocates and the mainstream media are hailing it as a “landmark” case. дальше »
2018-6-23 16:40 | |
Digital Future Council Assembles Roster of Industry Leaders in Media, Tech
The Digital Future Council made its public debut on June 18, 2018, at the 2018 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. With founding members from such organizations as IBM, Vice, CNN, Lego and Warner Bros. дальше »
2018-6-20 21:56 | |
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