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A Couple of Thoughts Regarding some Recent Alarming Blockchain News

5 Dec 2019 4 minute read 0 comments bettercallpaul

A Couple of Thoughts Regarding some Recent Alarming Blockchain News by W. Paul Alexander for Better Call Paul   Hello everyone, and welcome back!  After some great responses that I received after writing about some of the negative aspects of mass a...

What is Zcoin (XZC)? [A Comprehensive Guide to Zcoin]

4 Dec 2019 6 minute read 5 comments Mr.CryptoWiki

There was a time when Bitcoin received a lot of criticism for being difficult to trace. In fact, there was a common misconception going about that it was anonymous, when in fact it was not, as it was only pseudonymous. It has long been proven that Bi...

Searx.World - An Open Source Customizable Search Engine

26 Nov 2019 1 minute read 1 comment Sylvester

  Reliable Search Engine and recommendation   Since open source, no manipulation of search results.   User decides ranking parameters   Search engines balance relevance of the search term and popularity in their results. We wish to provide contr...

Brave Launches Next-Generation Browser that Puts Users in Charge of Their Internet Experience with Unmatched Privacy and Rewards

20 Nov 2019 5 minute read 5 comments Brave Browser

This post was republished from The Brave Blog. The original post can be found here. The Industry’s Most Advanced Browser Offers 3-6x Faster Browsing and Ends Surveillance Capitalism with a Private Ads and Payment Platform that Benefits Users, Adverti...

Hacking Phones: How Law Enforcement Is Saving Privacy

20 Nov 2019 3 minute read 0 comments Matthew Rosenquist

It's no longer true that society must choose to either weaken everybody's privacy or let criminals run rampant.   As a staunch privacy advocate, I am excited that law enforcement now has access to tools to decrypt locked smartphones! But, wait! Is...

Google Nearly released 100k Health Files Without Consent

16 Nov 2019 1 minute read 0 comments Matthew Rosenquist

Google almost released 100k chest X-ray files, as part of an Artificial Intelligence project.  The National Institutes of Health stepped in and advised of the potential violation which halted the exposure of data.  This is another example of how the...

Bitcoin must push on privacy or the interference of the institutions will make it collapse, to support it is Pavel Kravchenko

14 Nov 2019 2 minute read 0 comments Roberto D.

Starting today, and until tomorrow, the Blockshow Asia conference is taking place in Singapore which is gathering some of the most prominent elements of the community and is offering many very interesting food for thought; with an article published a...

Microsoft to Honor California’s New Privacy Rights Throughout the U.S.

12 Nov 2019 1 minute read 0 comments Matthew Rosenquist

Outstanding!  Microsoft will apply the privacy criteria of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) to people throughout the United States!  Microsoft outlined its strong support for protecting people and their sensitive data in their blog.  Great...

States are Leading the Fight for Privacy

11 Nov 2019 1 minute read 0 comments Matthew Rosenquist

A handful of states, including California, Delaware, Illinois, Utah, and Arkansas, are leading the country in establishing regulations to protect citizens' digital privacy.  California is often blazing the trail (Article 1, Section 1 of the Declarat...

How To Modify Your Hosts File For a Safe Browsing Experience

10 Nov 2019 2 minute read 0 comments bernardos

Let me begin by explaining what a Hosts File is. A hosts file is a file that every computer on every operating system has. It connects an IP address with the corresponding name. All devices connected to the Internet have an IP address. The correspon...