Weekend Roundup: Facebook Announces PGP Feature, NY's BitLicense Raises Controversy
Facebook has announced experimental implementation of cryptographic encryption and authentication tool PGP. The new feature would allow users a specific place to publish their PGP keys on their Facebook profile. In addition, users can also request all notifications and sensitive emails to be encrypted using Facebook’s publicly posted PGP key. Apple has approved a new game that incorporate a tipping function for players to receive in-game rewards called Game of Birds. "Facebook's move comes amidst a turbulent international debate on privacy spawned by the Snowden leaks and which have lead....
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The New York Department of Financial Services has released the application for a "License to Engage in Virtual Currency Business Activity" more commonly known as the Bitlicense. You can view it here (PDF). Bitlicense Controversy. The Bitlicense application is 31 pages. I just checked my handy bible, and Genesis is only 33 pages. God needed 2 more pages to create the world than Ben Lawsky needs to vet Bitcoin companies. In case you're not familiar, Ben Lawsky is a former regulator who is primarily responsible for the new virtual currency regulations in New York. Eric Voorhees, CEO of....
On Thursday, Carlo Caraluzzo reported that American whistleblower Edward Snowden is accepting bitcoins to finance his legal defense. On Sunday, December 28, Diana Ngo reported that Ecuador began requesting citizens older than 18 to open an electronic money account as the first in a three-phase rollout of its system. On Friday, Ian DeMartino reported that ChangeTip made tipping on Facebook available to select users, and that tipping on Slack is available, too. “Snowden is accepting donations in PayPal, credit card, check, bank transfer and now, of course, Bitcoin. Donations can be made at....
With BTC regaining lost ground and a special feature on what long-timers in the crypto industry think about this year's rally, CoinDesk’s Market’s Daily is back with the latest crypto news roundup.
Content creators are enjoying the benefits of social media to connect with potential audiences in a convenient manner. Engaging with people from all over the world has never been easier since the launch of popular social media networks such as Facebook and Twitter. But it looks like Facebook wants to centralize even more services under their umbrella and is aiming to offer some form of “blogging tool”. Facebook wants to become a major player in the publisher world, especially now that more and more Internet users are looking for popular avenues to tell their story. Services such as Blogger....
The controversial Bitlicense regulations recently passed in New York, spearheaded by former NY Department of Financial Services head Benjamin Lawsky, have stirred up their share of controversy in the Bitcoin community. Erik Voorhees of ShapeShift.io, an exchange that does not facilitate fiat-to-cryptocurrency trades, has compared the regulations to North Korean economics. However you feel about the Bitlicense, the new paradigm is that cryptocurrency businesses serious about operating in the Big Apple will be forced to play by the rules. Bitstamp has decided that it falls into the "serious"....