Privacy
Europe's Online Surveillance Laws Face New Headwinds
Online surveillance laws in the UK and EU face renewed resistance as they wind their way through the legislative process.
Sebastian Andrei
Privacy
EU Member States Largely Support Chat Control
The EU CSAR proposal has divided member states between those prioritizing child safety and those defending the sanctity of digital privacy rights.
Privacy
VPNs and Digital Privacy: An Overview
VPNs can meaningfully bolster digital privacy for most users. Yet they still require you to place your trust in the practices and policies of the VPN provider.
Dark Net
A Slow Burn: Exploring the Uncertain Fate of AlphaBay 2
Earlier this year, AlphaBay 2, a well-known dark net market and successor to the fabled AlphaBay, vanished. Its admin, DeSnake, remains unaccounted for. What happened?
Looking Back at the Start of the Crypto Wars
Recent attempts to regulate encrypted communication in the UK and EU, the Online Safety Act and the CSA Regulation respectively, have their precedent in the not too distant past.
Crypto
Introducing Crypto Circular Economies
An experimental real-world use case for cryptocurrencies.
Privacy
Is Mass Surveillance Coming to Europe?
'Going Dark', chat control and the looming threat of client-side message scanning.
Browser-Based Ad Blockers Soon A Thing of the Past?
Google Chrome, Manifest v3 and what happens when an online advertising giant dominates the web browser market.
The Scourge is Coming
Ethereum, Tornado Cash and the Future of Blockchain Censorship Resistance.