Privacy
3 published articles
Digital Privacy
Your AI just wrote your eulogy in 17 slides. That's the problem.
An AI-generated 17-slide summary of your life sounds like a productivity hack, but it raises uncomfortable questions about how much we willingly concede to machines that learn our every habit.
2026-07-07
Cryptographic Privacy
Vega brings zero-knowledge proofs to identity verification in under 100 ms
Vega enables users to prove facts from government IDs without revealing the credential itself, using ZKPs generated in under 100 ms on commodity hardware. It targets real-world formats like mobile driver's licenses and the EU Digital Identity Wallet, with a fold-and-reuse scheme that reduces proof cost for repeated presentations.
2026-07-04
Messaging & Privacy
WhatsApp username reservations raise impersonation fears as India regulators push back
WhatsApp username reservations let users interact by handle rather than phone number, but early testing found handles resembling prominent figures still available. India's IT ministry warned the feature could increase fraud and impersonation, while digital rights groups criticized the regulatory intervention.
2026-07-02