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De-anonymizing Bitcoin

Posted on By infossl
bitcoin, child pornography, cryptocurrency, de-anonymization, Security technology, tracing, Uncategorized

Andy Greenberg wrote a long article — an excerpt from his new book — on how law enforcement de-anonymized bitcoin transactions to take down a global child porn ring. Within a few years of Bitcoin’s arrival, academic security researchers — and then companies like Chainalysis — began to tear gaping holes in the masks separating … Read More “De-anonymizing Bitcoin” »

UK Government to Launch PR Campaign Undermining End-to-End Encryption

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child pornography, children, crypto wars, cybersecurity, encryption, marketing, privacy, propaganda, Security technology, Uncategorized

Rolling Stone is reporting that the UK government has hired the M&C Saatchi advertising agency to launch an anti-encryption advertising campaign. Presumably they’ll lean heavily on the “think of the children!” rhetoric we’re seeing in this current wave of the crypto wars. The technical eavesdropping mechanisms have shifted to client-side scanning, which won’t actually help … Read More “UK Government to Launch PR Campaign Undermining End-to-End Encryption” »