Tag: Privacy

Warum Privacy Coins wie Monero nicht beliebt sind – CryptoMode

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Privacy Coins werden von ihren Unterstützern oft als die einzige Möglichkeit gefeiert, im digitalen Zeitalter wahre Freiheit zu erlangen. Leider sind Privacy Coins in der breiten Öffentlichkeit nicht populär geworden. In diesem Artikel werden einige der Gründe behandelt, warum Datenschutzmünzen bei der breiten Öffentlichkeit und sogar beim größten Teil der auf Kryptowährungen fokussierten Öffentlichkeit nicht angekommen sind.

Die Leute kümmern sich nicht so sehr um die Privatsphäre

Der erste und unserer Meinung nach größte Grund dafür, dass Privacy Coins nicht

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Can a pan-European health data space transform cancer care? – POLITICO

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The COVID pandemic accelerated global research collaboration at an unprecedented scale2. In the race for a vaccine, scientists worked together across borders on genomic sequencing of variants3 and case reports to better understand and respond to the fast-evolving viral threat — highlighting the value of responsible data sharing4.

The European Health Data Space (EHDS), launched by the European Commission, aims to build on this momentum to transform access, use and sharing of health data within

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France’s Mr. Privacy turns cybersnooper – POLITICO

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This story is part of the series Leaked: The Altrnativ world of cybersurveillance. Read the rest.

PARIS — Eric Leandri was once the darling of France’s tech sector, lauded as a defender of digital privacy and a paragon of Europe’s ability to compete against Silicon Valley. 

Qwant — the search engine Leandri co-founded in 2011 — received more than €50 million in French and European public funding and

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The scramble to sell cyberweapons to dictators – POLITICO

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This story is part of the series Leaked: The Altrnativ world of cybersurveillance. Read the rest.

PARIS — As founder of the privacy-focused search engine Qwant, Eric Leandri was fond of citing the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The self-styled European tech champion has mentioned the landmark United Nations document in interviews at least a dozen times since 2017. 

“I love human rights,” Leandri said in September 2021, referring to the section in the declaration guaranteeing the right to

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A wonk’s guide to the Swedish EU presidency policy agenda – POLITICO

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Sweden’s policy smorgasbord is already groaning with some chewy (and even unpalatable) items — but the Commission keeps adding more to its plate.

By this point in a five-year EU election cycle, the vast majority of new policy proposals have already arrived from the EU executive branch, and are already on their legislative journey. But as Sweden takes over the rotating Council presidency with a year-and-a-half left until the next European election, that’s not the case.

With massive official bandwith

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What you need to know (and worry about) – POLITICO

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Welcome back! After a scorching summer, Brussels people are trickling back into the office or, for many of you, the home office setup.

A word of warning: It’s going to be an intense rentrée.

From the war in Ukraine to spiking energy prices, EU officials will have their hands full keeping their policy agendas on track amid escalating geopolitical crises. The most obvious field to be disrupted is energy, as leaders scramble to fill up gas reserves and keep

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Amazon bagging iRobot should ring all the privacy alarms

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Amazon’s $1.7 billion acquisition of robot vacuum cleaner brand iRobot is currently the talk of the town. But despite all the ways Amazon’s ownership could make Roombas better, the overwhelming sentiment is concern about dwindling privacy and shrinking competition. If you’re already paranoid about Echo speakers listening in on your conversation, the Roomba-maker’s buyout should set off some blaring alarm bells.

Here’s a rough idea of where we currently are in our intimate relationship with the omnicorporation: Amazon knows what

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