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Belarus Legalizes Cryptocurrencies and ICOs – Tax-Free for Five Years

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“The president of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, has signed a decree which legalizes cryptocurrencies, initial coin offerings (ICOs), and smart contracts. All crypto transactions and related income, including from mining, will be tax-free for the next five years. The decree creates unprecedented conditions for residents of the Belarusian High-Tech Park (HTP).  Legal entities in HTP can attract investments by issuing their own ICO tokens as well as buying and selling them through crypto exchanges.”

Read more: https://news.bitcoin.com/belarus-legalizes-cryptocurrencies-icos-tax-free/

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Venezuelan Officials Visit Qatar to Pitch Cryptocurrency

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“The oil-rich nation plans to pay public workers in the digital token and to use tax incentives to encourage its use. While the petro would be backed by one barrel of Venezuelan crude, the coins can’t be exchanged for the actual oil.”

Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-17/venezuelan-officials-said-to-visit-qatar-to-pitch-cryptocurrency

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The Thieves Who Steal Sunken Warships, Right Down to the Bolts

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“Countries like the United States and Russia began nuclear testing in the mid-1940s. France, England, and China jumped on the bomb bandwagon a few years later. And with each detonation, radioactivity levels in our atmosphere increased. That meant each time steelmakers were blowing oxygen into new steel, they were also blowing nuclear particulates into it.  That’s not true for the steel used to fabricate pre-1942 vessels, which is virtually radiation-free. And its clean status makes this metal particularly valuable for some technical applications of nuclear medicine and, more commonly, the development of nuclear energy and weapons.”

Read more: https://www.outsideonline.com/2168646/how-does-entire-shipwreck-disappear-bolts-and-all

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FBI Software For Analyzing Fingerprints Contains Russian-Made Code

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“In a secret deal, a French company purchased code from a Kremlin-connected firm, incorporated it into its own software, and hid its existence from the FBI, according to documents and two whistleblowers. The allegations raise concerns that Russian hackers could compromise law enforcement computer systems.”

Read more: https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrishamby/fbi-software-contains-russian-made-code-that-could-open-a

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U.S. v. Microsoft: It’s the right to privacy, stupid

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“The issue presented in Microsoft is whether the antiquated Electronic Privacy Communications Act (EPCA) authorizes search warrants to compel Internet service providers to retrieve and surrender a customer’s electronic documents that are stored on computer servers located outside the United States where compliance would violate foreign law.  The correct answer is ‘NO.'”

Read more: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jan/22/us-v-microsoft-supreme-court-must-protect-privacy-/

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Bovard: Destroying, suppressing evidence is FBI standard procedure

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“The FBI has a long history of ‘losing’ evidence that would tarnish its halo. And for most of the agency’s history, judges and Congress have let the FBI sweep its dirt under the rug.”

Read more: http://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/370122-another-software-upgrade-suppressing-evidence-is-fbi-standard-procedure

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Airbnb loses thousands of hosts in SF as registration rules kick in

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“Other services, like FlipKey, which weren’t a party to the settlement, will face fines of up to $1,000 a day per listing and criminal penalties if they help arrange bookings of unregistered listings.”

Read more: https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/Airbnb-loses-thousands-of-hosts-in-SF-as-12496624.php

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Police are using embedded code in 50,000 apps to influence public sentiment

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“ELUCD uses location (tracking) technology to ask citizens questions like “do you feel safe in your neighborhood? Do you trust the police? Are you confident in the New York Police Department? 24 hours a day 7 days a week.  One should assume that law enforcement is using ELUCD’s data to identify individual cell phone users. As Tech Crunch revealed, the NYPD is keeping all the data they collect a secret.  ELUCD hopes that police departments across the country will use ELUCD to gauge people’s sentiments.”

Read more: https://massprivatei.blogspot.com/2018/01/police-are-using-50000-apps-to.html

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How the Government Hides Secret Surveillance Programs

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“Parallel construction is when law enforcement originally obtains evidence through a secret surveillance program, then tries to seek it out again, via normal procedure. In essence, law enforcement creates a parallel, alternative story for how it found information. That way, it can hide surveillance techniques from public scrutiny and would-be criminals.  A new report released by Human Rights Watch Tuesday, based in part on 95 relevant cases, indicates that law enforcement is using parallel construction regularly.”

Read more: https://www.wired.com/story/stingray-secret-surveillance-programs/

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Customs And Border Protection Clarifies: You Have No Rights While Traveling

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“Their guidance claims the authority to search a traveler’s electronic devices ‘with or without suspicion.’  The guidance now claims passengers are ‘obligated’ to turn over their devices as well as passcodes for examination. If they fail to do so, agents can seize the device.  That is all considered a ‘basic search.’ Agents must have suspicion in order to conduct an ‘advanced search.’ This includes copying information from devices, or analyzing them with other equipment.  Finally, CBP agents can not ‘intentionally’ search information stored on the cloud, versus on the device’s hard drive.”

Read more: https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-01-14/customs-and-border-protection-clarifies-you-have-no-rights-while-traveling

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