Francis Pouliot returns after seven years to lay out why DAC8 is the single biggest threat to Bitcoin users today — and how France's government data leaks are already getting people kidnapped.
Zcash discovered an undetectable infinite inflation bug in their Orchard privacy pool. Three people froze billions in user funds via quiet soft fork coordination with mining pools. The incident validates Bitcoin's conservative approach to cryptographic upgrades.
Security researchers exposed 53MB of source code revealing how KYC provider Persona and OpenAI built a surveillance machine that screens millions with facial recognition and files reports directly with FinCEN.
Two Harvard students developed I-Xray, a program for Meta’s smart glasses that uses facial recognition to identify individuals and access personal information, raising significant privacy concerns.
Telegram has announced a major policy change, stating it will now share user data, including IP addresses and phone numbers, with law enforcement.
The EU Council has postponed its vote on the chat control regulation due to privacy concerns and a lack of qualified majority support.
Signal President Meredith Whittaker criticizes the EU's proposed "upload moderation" for encrypted chats, arguing it undermines end-to-end encryption and threatens privacy.
The FTC has warned automakers against unauthorized data monetization in connected vehicles.
