#FTC sues Kochava for allegedly selling abortion patients’ cell phone location data

#FTC sues Kochava for allegedly selling abortion patients’ cell phone location data

“FTC sues Kochava for allegedly selling abortion patients’ cell phone location data” The Federal Trade Commission sued an app analytics company on Monday for selling cell phone location data that the agency said could be used to track people to sensitive locations like abortion clinics, domestic violence facilities and places of worship.  Kochava, an Idaho-based…

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#Meta and TikTok can track everything you type on in-app browsers: researcher

#Meta and TikTok can track everything you type on in-app browsers: researcher

“Meta and TikTok can track everything you type on in-app browsers: researcher” Facebook, Instagram and TikTok’s iPhone apps are capable of tracking everything users type in their in-app internet browsers, according to warnings from a security researcher. All three popular social media apps say they don’t track sensitive user data like credit card information, passwords…

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# Law enforcement should give up trying to access everyone’s data, says legal expert

# Law enforcement should give up trying to access everyone’s data, says legal expert

” Law enforcement should give up trying to access everyone’s data, says legal expert “ 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…

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# Tornado Cash ban could spell disaster for other privacy protocols — Manta co-founder

# Tornado Cash ban could spell disaster for other privacy protocols — Manta co-founder

” Tornado Cash ban could spell disaster for other privacy protocols — Manta co-founder “ There are mounting concerns that recent United States government sanctions against Tornado Cash will become a “slippery slope” for Web3 privacy that could eventually make the entire space “meaningless.” Speaking to Cointelegraph, Shumo Chu, co-founder of privacy protocol Manta Network…

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# Tornado Cash shows that DeFi can’t escape regulation

# Tornado Cash shows that DeFi can’t escape regulation

” Tornado Cash shows that DeFi can’t escape regulation “ The U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued sanctions against Tornado Cash this month, marking its first action against a decentralized finance (DeFi) mixer in what may prove to be a watershed moment for DeFi regulation. A lack of response and regulatory preparation…

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# Anonymous user sends ETH from Tornado Cash to prominent figures following sanctions

# Anonymous user sends ETH from Tornado Cash to prominent figures following sanctions

” Anonymous user sends ETH from Tornado Cash to prominent figures following sanctions “ On Tuesday, one day after the U.S. Treasury sanctioned cryptocurrency mixer Tornado Cash for its alleged role in cryptocurrency money laundering operations, intervals of 0.1 Ether (ETH) transactions began materializing from the smart contract to prominent figures such as Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong and…

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