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“Instagram filters disabled in Texas during facial-recognition lawsuit” Instagram has quietly disabled its filters for users in Texas, thanks to a lawsuit filed by Attorney General Ken Paxton that alleged their facial-recognition technology violated state law and residents’ privacy rights. In the lawsuit, Paxton claimed that Meta, Instagram’s parent company, “unlawfully captured the biometric identifiers…
” ECB lays out ‘anonymous’ digital euro as public opposes ‘slavecoins’ “ The ECB released another working paper on the digital euro, providing an extensive technical analysis of a potential European CBDC and its position in the existing financial system. Issued on May 13, the working paper aims to study issues like financial intermediation, payment…
“Zoom must nix emotion tracking feature: human rights groups” Human rights and privacy groups are demanding that video chat giant Zoom scrap its “creepy” plans to use artificial intelligence to track and analyze human emotions, slamming the technology as “pseudoscience.” The news comes after tech site Protocol reported that Zoom plans to start selling products…
” Monero avoids crypto market rout, but XMR price still risks 20% drop by June “ Monero (XMR) has shown a surprising resilience against the Federal Reserve’s hawkish policies that pushed the prices of most of its crypto rivals — including the top dog Bitcoin (BTC) — lower last week. XMR’s price closed the previous…
“CDC bought cell phone data to track lockdowns, vaccination: docs” The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention used location data from tens of millions of Americans’ phones to track compliance with lockdown orders and vaccination efforts, according to newly revealed documents. The CDC specifically monitored Americans’ visits to churches and schools, as well as “detailed…
” Proposed digital euro designs lack privacy options, ECB presentation shows “ Next to the fears of government overreach that the European Union’s ambitious digital euro project stirred, the main concern of the public is the prospective currency’s privacy framework. It appears that this worry might not be overblown after all: as the European Central…
” Nym Technologies raises $300M to advance internet privacy, sending token price up “ Swiss privacy startup Nym Technologies announced it has secured $300 million in commitments from venture capital partners in support of the NYM Innovation Fund. Nym intends to issue grants to developers and incentivize them to build on top of Nym’s decentralized…
“Grindr sold data about users’ precise locations for years: report” Grindr, the popular gay dating app, sold data that tracked the precise movements of millions of its users beginning in 2017, which may have led to the outing of a senior Catholic priest, according to a report. The company told The Wall Street Journal that…
” Self-custody, control and identity: How regulators got it wrong “ The recent European Union proposal requiring centralized crypto exchanges and custodial wallet providers to collect and verify personal information about self-custodial wallet holders shows the dangers of recycling traditional finance (TradFi) rules and applying them to crypto without appreciating the conceptual differences. We can…
” Solving the ‘Sunrise Issue’ is the key to unlocking crypto mass adoption “ We have all been there. You see something, hear something, or feel something, and want to share that feeling or observation with someone else. Do you pick up the phone? Send over a text? Record a voice note? Humans thrive in…