Riccardo 'Fluffypony' Spagni on How Coronavirus Could Impact Privacy

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As the Coronavirus took hold in China, officials in the Hubei province tracked potential patients by examining purchase records for cough and flu medicine for the previous month. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Welcome to the new frontiers of privacy. In this wide-ranging episode, @NLW chats with former lead maintainer of Monero and Tari co-founder Riccardo Spagni - aka @FluffyPony on Twitter - about privacy in the context of:</span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">The recent arrest of DropBit CEO Larry Harmon surrounding bitcoin mixer technology being used for illicit purposes </span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">The US govt’s battle against end-to-end encryption </span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Central bank digital currencies </span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">At home devices like Alexa and Google home </span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Clearview AI and facial recognition</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">China’s response to Coronavirus </span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Why individual apathy is the greatest threat to privacy in the world</span></li> </ul>