Privacy Communities: Blockchain-Based Networks Rise After the Breakdown of Tech Giantsby@noprofile
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Privacy Communities: Blockchain-Based Networks Rise After the Breakdown of Tech Giants

by noprofile5mFebruary 24th, 2021
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WhatsApp caused a movement to boycott it and move to other chat apps. The issue goes beyond personal privacy concerns, with EU governments allowing for some forms of tracking. Session delegates its chats to a decentralized network, onion routing all chats anonymously through a distributed collection of incentivised nodes. Bitcoin-based startups such as Lokinet and OXEN are looking to take up the niche of private messaging apps that are not aggressively attempting to collect data. We looked at three potential alternatives to WhatsApp, all arising from the blockchain space.

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