Law enforcement should give up trying to access everyone’s data, says legal e...
Ahmed Ghappour explained that sanctioning ideas can lead to criminalizing harmless associations with no ties to other criminal conduct. While some think the Tornado Cash ban may negatively impact other projects focusing on privacy, others believe that these projects will keep pushing forward and keeping their commitments to anti-censorship and decentralization. In an interview with Cointelegraph, Ahmed Ghappour, the general counsel at the privacy-focused project Nym Technologies, shared insights on the importance of privacy in the crypto space, how to balance the interests of regulators....
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Everyone’s car generates a lot of data every day, points out Jun Li, founder of the open-source digital identity blockchain Ontology.The automotive sector is one in which his companys ID solution has a clear use case, as each drivers data can be stored and used to calculate insurance premiums according to actual driving behavior.Some insurance companies will put telemetry devices on the cars to collect your driving information. Every year, your insurance pricing will be based on your behavior data.For Li, this is a positive development because good drivers will receive well-earned....
Law enforcement agencies do not see eye-to-eye with consumer privacy. The FBI now wants to ensure American can no longer sue them for violating the Privacy Act. That proposal was put on the table by the Federal Bureau of Investigation on May 31, 2016. The law enforcement agency wants to exempt its entire database from citizens having the right to sue the....
The rapid growth of cryptocurrencies in recent years has resulted in a number of law enforcement actions by several U. S. government agencies. These actions demonstrate U. S. regulators' interest in investigating fraud and other activities, according to Latham & Watkins, a Los Angeles-based, U. S. law firm. To give the cryptocurrency industry an overview of what agencies are taking action and provide insight into how to meet the various regulations, the law firm has released a report, "Enforcement Trends in Cryptocurrency." "No doubt, in the coming years, cyptocurrencies will face....
Windows 10 has been praised for its sleek and simple user interface, improvements from Windows 8 and the integration of user-friendly voice-driven assistant Cortana. However, users have discovered one big problem with the operating system – privacy. Windows 10 can “legally” access all personal data, emails, and files to provide to law enforcement or government agencies. The highly anticipated operating system has turned into a massive NSA spying tool, which could obtain data from Bitcoin wallets and systems. One excerpt from Microsoft’s privacy statement read: “Finally, we will access,....
Donald Trump’s choice for Attorney General may indicate an administration hostile to encryption and online privacy. Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions, the incoming administration’s Attorney General pick, has long adopted a critical stance against encryption. He has stood in direct opposition to end-to-end encryption, citing his experience in law enforcement when calling for government officials to have complete access to encrypted devices. Earlier this year, Apple remained in a standoff with the FBI over allowing law enforcement agencies access to a locked device owned by a mass shooter in....