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News about Privacy

Snowden Issues ‘Final Warning’ to Bitcoin Developers on Privacy Enhancements

In the wake of the U.S. intensifying its clampdown on privacy-oriented software and Zksnacks closing its coordinated coinjoin service, Edward Snowden, the NSA whistleblower and former contractor, has issued a stern warning to Bitcoin developers. Snow...

Snowden Issues 'Final Warning' to Bitcoin Developers on Privacy Enhancements – Bitcoin News - Bitcoin.com News

Snowden Issues 'Final Warning' to Bitcoin Developers on Privacy Enhancements – Bitcoin News& & Bitcoin.com News

The real question: What privacy featured crypto assets will and will not be allowed in the US?

We see delistings for monero left and right, but two high profile lightning wallets for bitcoin have also backed out of the Google Play store for Americans: Wallet of Satoshi (which is painfully easy to use) and Phoenix wallet (self custodial, slight...

Battle For Privacy: DOJ Targets Crypto Wallets, Stirring Major Concerns Over Digital Rights

The recent actions of the US Department of Justice (DOJ) have ignited a fierce debate on the future of financial privacy. The crackdown on Wasabi Wallet’s service has raised significant concerns among privacy advocates and crypto users alike, s...

'Clock is Ticking' on Bitcoin Privacy: Edward Snowden - Decrypt

'Clock is Ticking' on Bitcoin Privacy: Edward Snowden& & Decrypt

Trezor to end privacy-enhancing coinjoin feature as Wasabi Wallet steps back

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I am worried for the privacy/fungibility of Bitcoin, what alternatives do we have?

The most complete privacy technology is Coinjoins, but as you may know the servers of one of the most popular wallets, Samourai, were raided by US authorities and their founders were arrested. Wasabi wallet, the other popular alternative, issued a co...

THE MONERO M00N newsletter is back with ISSUE 65! Check it out to find out everything that's been happening in the world of Monero as it continues to grow and offers unmatched financial privacy.

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Is there any privacy advantage to obfuscating your IP address when buying/withdrawing from a KYC source, or does it only matter when buying/withdrawing from a non-KYC source?

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The Eroding State of Privacy in the Crypto World

The balance between privacy and regulatory compliance in the crypto world is increasingly threatened as high-profile cases, such as the sanctions against Tornado Cash and the legal troubles of Samourai Wallet, come to the fore, prompting a robust res...

RailGun, Nocturnal, Other Ethereum Privacy Protocols are a Political Trojan Horse

We need to take a step back and understand that there is no such thing as compliance oriented privacy, that is an orwellian term. It implies that governments have the white and black and associative lists of the addresses/people/metadata-- and by the...

Samourai Indictment & FBI Notice Are An Assault On Bitcoin And Privacy - Forbes

Samourai Indictment & FBI Notice Are An Assault On Bitcoin And Privacy& & Forbes

Dear Bitcoiners: Start Running Your Own Bitcoin Nodes, Managing Your Own Lightning Channels, Using Privacy Tools Like PayJoins & Coinjoins, Support Bitcoin Privacy Developers. They Are Coming.

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DOJ Arrests Bitcoin Wallet Founders Amid Cash-Like Privacy Concerns - Forbes

DOJ Arrests Bitcoin Wallet Founders Amid Cash-Like Privacy Concerns& & Forbes

The War on Privacy With Bitcoin Continues With the Arrest of the Founders of Samourai Wallet. The American authorities are trying to make people believe that "money laundering" and "financial privacy" are one and the same thing, constituting a crime.

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Privacy-Centric Bitcoin Wallet Founders Held Under Laundering Charges - Forbes

Privacy-Centric Bitcoin Wallet Founders Held Under Laundering Charges& & Forbes

Samourai Wallet founders arrestend and services seized: a serious attack on privacy and liberty of all

Yesterday, April 24, 2024, the founders of Samourai Wallet were arrested on charges of money laundering and providing unauthorized money transmission services. The arrests followed an investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice, with one of the f...

Samourai Wallet founders arrested and services seized: a serious political attack on the privacy and liberty of all

Privacy is a human right

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Edward Snowden Defends Crypto Privacy, Criticizes DOJ for Samourai Wallet Arrests

Edward Snowden criticized the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) for targeting app developers aimed at restoring financial privacy, responding to the arrest of the founders and CEO of cryptocurrency mixing service Samourai Wallet on charges related to...

Shiba Inu raises $12 million in token sale to develop its privacy-centric layer 3 blockchain