anonymity

A former US Secret Service agent who specialises in probing financial cybercrime supported anonymity for creditors in the FTX bankruptcy because of risks from the criminals who stalk the cryptocurrency sector. Identifying customers of the…

If you’ve committed any internet crimes lately, you probably shouldn’t have paid for them with bitcoin. While many crypto-evangelists have long trumpeted digital currency as a way to buy goods (legal and illegal) on the internet while…

From young to experienced, many are set to play their first T20 World Cup when action gets underway Down Under. Before the first ball is bowled, Firstpost.com…

The ADCA does include a carve-out, stipulating that if a site or app affords a high level of data protections (e.g., it doesn’t sell user data, doesn’t use targeted ads), it doesn’t need an age-estimation mechanism at all.Let’s say there’s…

Anonymity on the internet has gotten a bad rap lately, and for good reason. The shield of anonymity has contributed to a toxic online ecosystem that is too often marred by cyberbullying, misinformation and other social ills. Removing…

"Fig 1. Sixty-four agents mined most of the bitcoin between bitcoin's launch and when it achieved price parity with the US dollar. We exploited data leakage to construct a map of the blockchain in early 2011, in which bitcoin are…

Leading up to Wednesday night’s Eliminator against newbies Lucknow Super Giants, much of the buzz among the Royal Challengers Bangalore supporters revolved…

Having made a niche space for herself in Bollywood, Madhuri Dixit decided to marry and move out of India at the prime of her career. She moved to the US in 1999 and lived there for a over a decade. On her 55th birthday on Sunday, we take a…

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday flagged anonymity as an "inherent risk" in blockchain technology and called for taking precaution in future with a rise…

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday flagged anonymity as an ‘inherent risk’ in blockchain technology and called for precautions in future with the increase in the use of the technology.The Minister made it clear that using…