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News & Commentary about Financial Privacy

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Aug 30, 2023

How Mastercard is Endangering Sex Workers

How Mastercard is Endangering Sex Workers
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Jan 18, 2023

How the Arizona Attorney General Created a Secretive, Illegal Surveillance Program to Sweep up Millions of Our Financial Records

How the Arizona Attorney General Created a Secretive, Illegal Surveillance Program to Sweep up Millions of Our Financial Records

Oct 6, 2022

Is the Government Tracking Your Abortion?

Is the Government Tracking Your Abortion?
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Mar 28, 2022

We Need Digital Cash That is Actually Like Cash

We Need Digital Cash That is Actually Like Cash
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Oct 15, 2021

How Mastercard's New Policy Violates Sex Workers' Rights

How Mastercard's New Policy Violates Sex Workers' Rights
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Aug 13, 2019

Why Don’t We Have More Privacy When We Use A Credit Card?

Why Don’t We Have More Privacy When We Use A Credit Card?
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Aug 12, 2019

Say No to the “Cashless Future” — and to Cashless Stores

Say No to the “Cashless Future” — and to Cashless Stores
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Oct 5, 2015

China’s Nightmarish Citizen Scores Are a Warning For Americans

China’s Nightmarish Citizen Scores Are a Warning For Americans
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Sep 9, 2015

The Brave New World of Discrimination

The Brave New World of Discrimination
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Oct 16, 2014

On the Creation of Giant Voiceprint Databases

On the Creation of Giant Voiceprint Databases