Sept. 21, 2023, 8:32 p.m. Mostly Bitcoin for September 21, 2023 Mostly Bitcoin Google takes a snarky shot at Apple over RCS in its latest ad - 02:30 PM EDT 95% of NFTs now totally worthless, say researchers - 01:04 PM EDT Google taunts Apple again over its lack of RCS messaging support - 12:19 PM EDT Encrypted email provider Proton has built its own CAPTCHA service - 11:10 AM EDT Defiant JPEX takes swipe at Hong Kong financial regulator as cryptocurrency exchange touts... - 10:25 AM EDT Google Cloud to provide developers access to data on 11 more blockchains, including Polygo... - 08:42 AM EDT Sick of Chrome and Edge? Switch to one of these 9 secure browsers instead - 07:43 AM EDT Strange New Sci Fi - 06:24 AM EDT UK targets Meta’s encryption plans over child sexual abuse concerns - 06:20 AM EDT Uninvited and Unaccountable: How CBP Policed George Floyd Protests - 06:05 AM EDT Australia’s Web Watchdog: Online Personal Content Scans Provoke Surveillance Concerns - 06:05 AM EDT Corporate watchdog Krakens it at cryptocurrency exchange - 02:09 AM EDT Tether Is Lending Its Stablecoins Again - 11:13 PM EDT Libra’s co-creator had geopolitical motivations to build the digital currency - 09:00 PM EDT Stanford University returning all gifts from FTX, spokesperson says - 07:30 PM EDT Council Of Europe Says Most Use Of NSO’s Pegasus Spyware Is Probably Illegal - 04:58 PM EDT Signal adopts new alphabet jumble to protect chats from quantum computers - 04:30 PM EDT Meta targeted for fresh UK gov’t warning against E2E encryption for Messenger, Instagram... - 02:46 PM EDT UK urges Meta not to roll out end-to-end encryption on Messenger ... - 01:02 PM EDT The Signal Protocol used by 1+ billion people is getting a post-quantum makeover - 11:16 AM EDT Donald Trump Jr. said his father ‘passed away’ in apparent X account hack - 10:30 AM EDT Ex-Crypto CEO Caught Up in Partying Claims at Bitcoin Conference - 10:23 AM EDT UK Online Safety Bill to become law – and encryption busting clause is still there - 10:17 AM EDT Christina Applegate’s Social Media Reportedly Hacked With Posts About NFTs And Cryptocur... - 09:08 AM EDT Takashi Murakami on failed NFTs and making art during Covid: ‘I got deep into crypto’ - 08:35 AM EDT Lawsuit Unearths Link Between Dem Megadonor SBF, Parents, and Democratic Dark Money Behemo... - 05:11 AM EDT Defense Gaps with China Can Be Closed with Commercial Software - 05:11 AM EDT JPEX cryptocurrency scandal: Hong Kong’s MTR Corp removes outdated online ad for trading... - 04:14 AM EDT Meta encryption plan will let child abusers ‘hide in the dark’, says UK campaign - 01:03 AM EDT Hong Kong authorities cuff six in connection with floundering crypto platform JPEX - 12:33 AM EDT Dem Superlawyer Marc Elias Represents PAC Secretly Funded by SBF - 06:42 PM EDT The Story Behind the Real Amateur Investors Who Inspired Dumb Money - 05:00 PM EDT ‘Surprising and super cool.’ Quantum algorithm offers faster way to hack internet encr... - 04:03 PM EDT Today The UK Parliament Undermined The Privacy, Security, And Freedom Of All Internet User... - 03:52 PM EDT Christina Applegate Hacked Despite Posting ‘I Am Not Hacked’ - 03:27 PM EDT Bitcoin found support at $25k (again). YTD performance remains ... - 03:15 PM EDT FTX attorneys accuse Sam Bankman-Fried’s parents of unjustly enriching themselves with c... - 03:11 PM EDT FTX attorneys accuse Sam Bankman-Fried's parents of unjustly enriching themselves with com... - 03:09 PM EDT We Want YOU (U.S. Federal Employees) to Stand for Digital Freedoms - 03:07 PM EDT UK Government ‘Concession’ On Breaking End-to-End Encryption In The Online Safety Act ... - 02:09 PM EDT Unlocking Value with Bitcoin-Backed Loans: What You Need to Know - 01:52 PM EDT Best online backup 2023: Carbonite, iDrive, Backblaze, Livedrive, and more - 01:06 PM EDT FTX sues Sam Bankman-Fried’s parents, claiming they received millions in gifts - 11:56 AM EDT Trump's Economic Performance Wasn't Good - 10:19 AM EDT JPEX snares 1,641 investors with HK$1.2 billion of funds in Hong Kong’s largest fraud ca... - 05:42 AM EDT Fostering a Take-Charge Cybersecurity Culture - 05:40 AM EDT Sam Bankman-Fried’s Parents Sued by FTX - 04:44 AM EDT ‘SIM Swapping’ Attack Strikes Risk Advisory Firm - 03:46 AM EDT How Financial Insights Inform Security Strategies - 03:46 AM EDT To Pay or Not to Pay? The Ransomware Dilemma - 03:46 AM EDT Leading Kubernetes Mistakes (And How to Avoid Them) - 03:46 AM EDT Tech Company Layoffs: The COVID Tech Bubble Bursts - 03:46 AM EDT Hong Kong to tighten regulation of cryptocurrencies after arrests linked to JPEX trading p... - 02:28 AM EDT Shiba Memu, Hifi finance, and Bitcoin price prediction - 01:49 AM EDT Amid JPEX fallout, Hong Kong’s John Lee warns investors to only trade on regulated virtu... - 12:40 AM EDT He got 20 years in prison for a $4 billion cryptocurrency scam. His ... - 05:10 PM EDT How scientists are cracking historical codes to reveal lost secrets - 03:36 PM EDT Bitcoin breaks above $27,000 for the first time in September - 12:35 PM EDT New York crypto regulator removes Ripple and Dogecoin from token 'greenlist' in latest upd... - 11:25 AM EDT Bitcoin (BTC) Rises Above $27000 for First Time Since August - 11:01 AM EDT Seagate Ultra Touch external HDD review: Storage, services, and sustainability - 10:39 AM EDT How new tech is helping people circumvent digital authoritarianism - 07:40 AM EDT The Ludicrous, Depressing Appeal of the Crypto Guy - 07:37 AM EDT New York Regulator to Require Higher Standards for Coin Listings and Delistings - 05:38 AM EDT Britcoin or Britcon? Bank of England grilled on Digital Pound privacy concerns - 05:33 AM EDT Hong Kong arrests 6 people in fraud probes linked to halted cryptocurrency platform JPEX, ... - 11:44 PM EDT Letter: Banking in US would make anyone a CBDC convert - 09:07 PM EDT Peter Thiel has launched a class war - 07:09 PM EDT It's been one year since the Ethereum merge. Here's how the ... - 08:02 AM EDT This Week In Techdirt History: September 9th - 05:15 PM EDT The Next Bitcoin Halving: An Opportunity Amid Uncertainty? - 12:18 PM EDT Ethereum developers approve change to slow down ‘staking’—despite reliable crypto re... - 12:00 PM EDT The EU cable guys have tied down Apple, yet big tech is still bossing the Tories - 11:32 AM EDT Bitcoin Is Headed for Its First Weekly Gain Since August - 07:56 AM EDT Ex-Hong Kong leader CY Leung in scam warning after bogus investment adverts appear on webs... - 06:29 AM EDT JPEX cryptocurrency exchange named in 83 complaints to Hong Kong police - 05:34 AM EDT JPEX cryptocurrency exchange named in 83 complaints to Hong Kong police over virtual asset... - 05:18 AM EDT Co-Founder of Fraudulent Cryptocurrency Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison - 07:59 PM EDT Proposed Regulations From the IRS Outline Reporting Requirements for Cryptocurrency “Bro... - 07:59 PM EDT The paranoia behind Chinas spy war - 07:18 PM EDT USAlliance names new CEO, HSBC launches new account-opening portal - 05:05 PM EDT Can There Be Digital Currency Law Enforcement Without Mass Surveillance? - 03:43 PM EDT How Google Authenticator made one company’s network breach much, much worse - 02:01 PM EDT The chaotic and cinematic MGM casino hack, explained - 12:35 PM EDT Bank disintermediation, Fed control fuel bipartisan skepticism of CBDC - 10:45 AM EDT EaseUS PDF Editor review: Complete document control for individuals, teams - 10:38 AM EDT Ex-Deutsche Bank banker poised to plead guilty to crypto fraud - 10:33 AM EDT Cathie Wood, Boaz Weinstein Among Winners From Bitcoin Fund Bet - 10:21 AM EDT Best free password managers 2023: Online security doesn’t have to cost a thing - 06:39 AM EDT Is Digital Gold The Solution To Democrats’ Digital Dollar? - 03:15 AM EDT Bitcoin (BTC) Is Getting Back to Trading in Tandem With Tech Stocks - 07:10 PM EDT Bitcoin (BTC) Fog Case of Sterlingov Highlights Crypto Tracing ... - 03:07 PM EDT Bitcoin hits 2-week high as crypto-linked stocks including Coinbase and Microstrategy rall... - 01:28 PM EDT Best PDF editors 2023: Our top picks - 01:26 PM EDT You just read issue #787 of Mostly Bitcoin. 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