EFF submitted comments to the Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) opposing the agency’s proposal for new regulations of cryptocurrency transactions. As we explain in our comments,…
Travelers heading into the US have many reasons to be cautious about their devices, and a July report from the Department of Homeland Security gives even more concern on how…
Blockchains are becoming increasingly popular in today’s markets. Services that provide blockchain technology are already being designed by Amazon, Microsoft, Google and other huge companies. Many people often correlate blockchain…
We're not partisan here at Techdirt. We have our personal preferences, certainly, but technology policy tends to transcend normal political divisions. We have been just as likely to see good…
Financial records - including cryptocurrency - contain a trove of sensitive information about people’s personal lives, beliefs, and affiliations. That is why law enforcement should be required to get a…
A leaked FBI document details three cases in which the Panamanian 'instant' crypto exchange Morphtoken was "likely" used to launder illicit-origin Bitcoin by converting it into Monero. The FBI used…
When considering how to share data efficiently, cloud storage has a leg up on hardware by making it easy to share files and folders with users across the globe with…
Modern cybersecurity depends on machines keeping secrets. But computers, like poker-playing humans, have tells. They flit their eyes when they've got a good hand, or raise an eyebrow when they're…
The term "ghost protocol" might remind you of a famous blockbuster starring Tom Cruise, but here it applies to a new proposal by the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) in the…
