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5 USEFUL websites you should be using in 2020

12 Aug 2020 2 minute read 1 comment DimitarM

Hello guys, I've several website recommendations for each of you. Each of them can be very useful. Here we go: Have I been Pwned This is a place where you can search your e-mail and check if it was leaked somewhere over the years in one of the many...

Privacy - The Power to Selectively Reveal Oneself to the World

3 Aug 2020 4 minute read 0 comments Status Community Updates

Privacy is a fleeting occurrence in today’s world. Our communication tools require us to reveal our true public identity, our social platforms are collecting mountains of data on us every day, and in some cases, our governments are surveilling our ev...

Edward Snowden's Take On Cryptocurrencies

1 Aug 2020 5 minute read 13 comments MintDice.com

For those of you that don’t know who Edward Snowden is, he is perhaps the most widely known whistle-blower in US history thanks to his elaborate scheme in 2013 which revealed the true depth of the US governments spying on Americans. Snowden’s theft o...

Legendary Chess Player Garry Kasparov Supports Bitcoin

24 Jul 2020 1 minute read 2 comments Abhimanyu Krishnan

Former World Chess Champion, writer and political activist Garry Kasparov has spoken in favour of Bitcoin (BTC), as heard in a July 23 interview with Forbes.  Kasparov commented on the general use of cryptocurrencies, the overblown fears surrounding...

What’s Brave Done For My Privacy Lately #5: Grab Bag

23 Jul 2020 11 minute read 14 comments Brave Browser

This post was republished from The Brave Blog. The original post can be found here. Brave has shipped a steady stream of privacy-improving features over the last month, to keep one-step-ahead of trackers. Note: This is the fifth in an ongoing,...

New Research Undermines AI Image-scraping Classification

23 Jul 2020 1 minute read 3 comments Matthew Rosenquist

Privacy advocates rejoice! …and oddly, social media sites should also be excited! (both groups being happy does not happen often!). New privacy enhancing tech is designed to undermine unauthorized image scraping and harvesting by AI systems. It is p...

This Week in Matrix 2020-07-17

21 Jul 2020 12 minute read 0 comments MatrixComm

# Matrix Live https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZY_q_jyHzo Let's hear from Christian about working on his dream projects, his thoughts on bridging, hosting, and the importance and nature of chatbots and assistants. # Dept of Status of Matrix #### "Ele...

4 Best Bitcoin Privacy Products Everyone Should Know About

19 Jul 2020 7 minute read 14 comments BitShills

A lot of people still think Bitcoin as a private and anonymous payment network, when in reality it is one if not the most transparent payment network in the whole world. And there are many ways you can leak your precious financial data that could le...

My Google exodus: part 2

15 Jul 2020 4 minute read 4 comments X-51

A while back I talked about how and why I was trying to leave many Google services behind, with my increasing clarity towards just how much it costs (in non-monetary ways) to use so many of their services. Some I already had left, some I was actively...

Travala.com Launches Marketing Campaign via Privacy-Preserving Brave Ads

15 Jul 2020 2 minute read 0 comments Brave Browser

This post was republished from The Brave Blog. The original post can be found here. London and San Francisco ––July 13, 2020 — Travala.com, the world’s leading cryptocurrency-friendly hotel booking service, and Brave Software, makers of the innovativ...