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We’re not so sure the Digital Euro will have ‘maximum’ privacy.
Piero Cipollone, a member of the European Central Bank’s (ECB) Executive Board, recently claimed that the digital euro—Europe’s central bank digital…
Sep 3
•
Laz Pieper
,
Coin Center
,
Neeraj K. Agrawal
, and
Peter Van Valkenburgh
2
1
1
The huge driver’s license hack was inevitable. It’s time to get mad.
The enormous driver’s-license hack reported by KrebsOnSecurity is outrageous.
Sep 2
•
Peter Van Valkenburgh
and
Coin Center
7
2
August 2026
Is hosting speech enough for a far-left hacker collective to be sanctioned?
Yesterday, the State Department and Treasury designated an Italian collective, Autistici/Inventati or A/I, as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist…
Aug 27
•
Coin Center
,
Peter Van Valkenburgh
,
Laz Pieper
,
Neeraj K. Agrawal
, and
Jason Somensatto
3
3
Flock is different
In some ways, ALPRs like Flock and similar technology-driven surveillance tools are nothing new. Why the backlash? Because the system as a whole is very…
Aug 20
•
Coin Center
,
Jason Somensatto
,
Neeraj K. Agrawal
,
Peter Van Valkenburgh
, and
Laz Pieper
3
4
The Correct Term for “Age Verification” is “Censorship”
A bill was introduced last month in the Senate that would “require operating system providers to require users to indicate their age and developers of…
Aug 13
•
Coin Center
,
Laz Pieper
,
Peter Van Valkenburgh
, and
Neeraj K. Agrawal
4
5
The FBI wants to use predictive AI for its watchlist. Could it pull in political beliefs?
Also, "Don't Trust, Verify" means more these days
Aug 6
•
Coin Center
,
Laz Pieper
,
Neeraj K. Agrawal
, and
Peter Van Valkenburgh
5
7
July 2026
India fails to restrict Bitchat
+ GrapheneOS, a lot on Open Models, and more.
Jul 30
•
Coin Center
,
Laz Pieper
,
Peter Van Valkenburgh
, and
Neeraj K. Agrawal
15
1
7
America Should Out-Open China
Open networks won us the internet. Losing sight of that now would be a mistake.
Jul 23
•
Coin Center
,
Peter Van Valkenburgh
,
Neeraj K. Agrawal
, and
Laz Pieper
18
10
Peer-to-Peer #1: Tech Authoritarianism is here. Now what?
Welcome to Peer-to-Peer, a new publication from Coin Center.
Jul 16
•
Coin Center
,
Neeraj K. Agrawal
,
Peter Van Valkenburgh
, and
Laz Pieper
27
1
5
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