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xxx “According to reports coming from CCN, a hacker is selling hacked KYC data on the dark web, data which the hacker claims to have collected from some of the cryptocurrency exchanges such as Poloniex, Binance, Bittrex and Bitfinex.” From “Hacked KYC data collected from top exchanges for sale on the dark web – CryptolineContinue reading “Hacked KYC data collected from top exchanges for sale on the dark web – Cryptoline News”

xxx “or now EBA (5th Oct) has clarified that SMS does constitute as SCA (possession) feature – EBA Single Rulebook Q&A They have also quoted RTS article 22, which refers to confidentiality, integrity & security. While creating the OTP with dynamic linking is SCA compliant but transmission & delivery medium is debated. Article 22.1 PaymentContinue reading “SMS OTP – PSD2 SCA Compliant or not?”

  The new, revised paperback edition of Before Babylon, Beyond Bitcoin has been published by the London Publishing Partnership. Here is the foreword by Andrew Haldane of the Bank of England: Often, the most interesting issues in economics arise from the intersection—sometimes the collision—between technology and society. To take an example, there is no moreContinue reading “New, revised paperback edition of Before Babylon, Beyond Bitcoin is published!”

xxx “Bare Conductive’s focus is on solutions which connect basic objects, rather than more complex devices. Their 3D-printable sensors can be adhered to surfaces and spaces to provide very low power connectivity – an interactive wall, for instance, or a connected sink. An ingenious form of conductive paint allows electrical wires to be ‘drawn’ acrossContinue reading “Top 5 IoT Innovations at CES 2019 that Caught our Eye | Internet of Things”

xxx “Yet it seems to me there is little reason to imagine that the people who run large technology companies have any vested interest in allowing pre-digital folkways to interfere with their 21st-century engineering and business models, any more than 19th-century robber barons showed any particular regard for laws or people that got in theContinue reading “Is Big Tech Merging With Big Brother? Kinda Looks Like It | WIRED”

xxx Furthermore, Roubini expressed his idea that CBDCs will dominate cryptocurrencies and change banking in radical ways. Moreover, while he foresees that fintech will change finance and that cash will disappear, he is of the opinion that blockchain and crypto won’t play a role in this change. From Crypto Critic Nouriel Roubini: Blockchain is ‘NoContinue reading “Crypto Critic Nouriel Roubini: Blockchain is ‘No Better Than an Excel Spreadsheet’”

xxx “Patisserie Valerie report talks of fake invoices and ledgers” From “Patisserie Valerie report talks of fake invoices and ledgers | Financial Times”. xxx

xxx “Given the choice and an ideal world, I’d abolish cash tomorrow and have done away with cheques a decade ago. But in the absence of an ideal world, cash does remain a lifeline for many vulnerable groups… Government has a profound responsibility to those vulnerable groups to smooth that transition, and to find creative waysContinue reading “Matt Warman MP: As cashless transactions become the norm, Gov’t must ensure most vulnerable are not left behind | PoliticsHome.com”

xxx “The other major change is the use of ‘dead drops’ instead of the postal system which has proven vulnerable to tracking and interception.” From “Dropgangs, or the future of darknet markets • Opaque Link”. xxx

xxx “China’s social credit system was launched in 2014 and is supposed to be nationwide by 2020.” From “China Social Credit: The odd reality of life under China’s credit system | WIRED UK”. xxx xxx China’s plan to judge each of its 1.3 billion people based on their social behavior is moving a step closerContinue reading “POST Ranting and rating”