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Starknet Launches Shadow Accounts to Obscure Wallet-DeFi Links
The Ethereum Layer 2 creates separate addresses for applications funded via shielded STRK20 balances, keeping transactions visible on-chain.
Flock Cuts 18% of Workforce as Police Departments Abandon Surveillance Cameras
The license plate reader company shed 270 employees via voluntary separation as law enforcement agencies let contracts expire over privacy concerns and documented misuse by officers.
Hoskinson Pitches Night Frame Privacy Layer for Cardano Smart Contracts
Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson introduced Night Frame at TOKEN2049, combining zero-knowledge proofs, multi-party computation and trusted execution environments to enable private on-chain operations on the Midnight sidechain.
FinCEN Withdraws Unhosted Wallet and Mixer Surveillance Rules
Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network formally withdrew two crypto surveillance proposals, citing White House support for private digital asset transactions.
Zcash Deploys Udon Scaling Component, Eyes 50,000 Private Transactions Per Second
Zcash developers released Udon into Zakura Common, a cryptography library designed to handle the mathematical load required for Project Tachyon's ambitious scaling target.
Aztec Labs Restores Ethereum Privacy with zk.money Relaunch After 3 Years
Aztec Labs revives its privacy-focused wallet, enabling users to obscure payment amounts and recipients on the Aztec Network with a $2,500 per transaction cap.
MansaFi Launches Private Payments and AI Agent Accounts on Robinhood Chain
The protocol combines confidential transfers and protocol-level spending limits for autonomous AI agents, settling on Robinhood Chain
Hawley Summons Surveillance CEOs Over AI Camera Networks
The Missouri Republican is calling Flock Safety, Axon, Motorola Solutions, and Verkada leaders to testify Sept. 23 on data collection and national security risks.
Wyden Demands Flock Remove Cameras, Citing Weak Privacy Safeguards
The Oregon Democrat accused the surveillance company of deceiving customers and failing to prevent out-of-state and federal law enforcement from accessing data on residents.
Abbott Freezes Texas Funding for AI Surveillance Cameras
The governor halted state spending on Flock cameras after agencies spent $30 million on the license plate readers, sparking bipartisan privacy concerns.
Texas Halts State Funding for Flock Cameras During Privacy Furor
Gov. Greg Abbott ordered state agencies to stop funding AI-powered surveillance cameras after an investigation exposed $30 million in state grants for a network of over 3,200 devices.
54 U.S. Cities Ditch Flock License Plate Readers Over Privacy Fears
Cities from California to New York are scrapping contracts with Flock Safety after a Los Angeles Police Department audit found a 32 percent false-positive rate.
People-Search Tool Exposed 9M Faces in S3 Bucket
ClarityCheck's data breach reveals the structural vulnerability of identity-search businesses that monetize facial recognition without robust consent frameworks.
Flock Safety's AI Pivot Tests Legal Boundaries—and Revenue Model
The surveillance startup's new OS Investigate platform searches by behavior and location rather than license plate, expanding into riskier legal territory while facing infrastructure sabotage and bipartisan scrutiny.
Flock Safety's AI Tool Expands Police Surveillance Far Beyond License Plates
OS Investigate integrates 45 data tools across 6,000 communities, allowing officers to identify drivers based on movement patterns and associates—a sharp departure from the company's prior claims about its technology's limits.
OpenAI's Chronicle Repeats Microsoft's Recall Privacy Mistakes
OpenAI's opt-in macOS screen-capture feature for its Codex agent stores memories unencrypted and sends data to company servers, echoing Microsoft's battered Recall rollout.
Ethereum Roadmap Adds Privacy Pools, Quantum Resistance and Protocol Simplification
Vitalik Buterin compared the Foundation's updated Strawmap to the 2023 roadmap, flagging Privacy Pools, quantum defenses and the Lean Ethereum initiative as new core priorities.
EU Moves to Kill Cookie Pop-Ups, Shifting Consent Control to Browsers
The European Commission proposed overhauling its 2009 cookie consent rules, aiming to save users 198 million hours a year by letting web browsers manage preferences
Apple Bets Privacy Will Define Its Smart Glasses Business Model
Apple plans to differentiate its upcoming smart glasses through privacy-first design, targeting enterprise clients and premium consumers wary of data-hungry rivals.
Trump's FISA Showdown: High-Stakes Lobbying Battle Shapes Surveillance Future
President Trump's final push for FISA reauthorization pits powerful tech lobbies against national security hawks, with the outcome poised to reshape digital privacy and influence investor sentiment across key sectors.