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End-to-End Encrypted Instagram and Messenger Chats: Why It Took Meta 7 Years

Business / Social Media, Bye, Middle Man, Security, Security / Privacy, Security / Security NewsBy Lily Hay Newman December 7, 2023

Mark Zuckerberg personally promised that the privacy feature would launch by default on Messenger and Instagram chat. WIRED goes behind the scenes of the company’s colossal effort to get it right.

The Binance Crackdown Will Be an ‘Unprecedented’ Bonanza for Crypto Surveillance

Business / Blockchain and Cryptocurrency, Open Wide, Security, Security / National Security, Security / Privacy, Security / Security NewsBy Andy Greenberg December 6, 2023

Binance’s settlement requires it to offer years of transaction data to US regulators and cops, exposing the company—and its customers—to a “24/7, 365-days-a-year financial colonoscopy.”