Christian Catalini, co-creator of Meta's Libra stablecoin project, reflects on Libra's failure, what Stripe's Tempo blockchain can learn from it, and more
including one of the card networks the whole thing is designed to replace—and “neutrality.” [image] Brij Singh / @brij : Facebook's Libra turned out to be a strangely “successful” project - if success...
Ex-Meta crypto chief David Marcus says there was no legal or regulatory angle for the government to kill its Libra project and “it was 100% a political kill”
For reasons you can guess at, debanking has been the topic du jour in my Twitter feed. Tyler Durden / ZeroHedge News : FinTech CEOs Expose How Feds Colluded In ‘Debanking’ Schemes After Andreessen ‘Op...
A look at the non-consensual deepfake porn economy, with video sites easily accessible via top Google search results and some accepting Visa and Mastercard
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Rogers experienced an 18+ hour outage on Friday, affecting internet and phone services, including 911 calls, in parts of Canada
One of Canada's largest service providers had a major outage this morning. Voice of America : Millions of Canadians Lose Mobile, Internet Services Jem Aswad / Variety : The Weeknd's First Stadium Tour...
Researchers: a flaw in Apple Pay lets attackers make a Visa payment with a locked iPhone in Express Transit mode; Apple calls it “a concern with a Visa system”
here's what to do Will Feuer / New York Post : Researchers flag flaw that allows hackers to drain cash from iPhones Tweets: @serghei : 😬In combination with a Visa card, “this feature can be leveraged ...
Researchers: a flaw in Apple Pay lets attackers make a Visa payment with a locked iPhone in Express Transit mode; Apple calls it “a concern with a Visa system”
Large unauthorised contactless payments can be made on locked iPhones by exploiting how an Apple Pay feature designed … Source: TimeTrust .
Researchers guessed valid Visa card expiry dates and CVV codes in seconds via queries to multiple commercial websites; Visa failed to detect the attack
Academics say working out card number, expiry date and security code of Visa card takes ‘as little as six seconds’
Inside the war for cashless society, pushed by the likes of Visa and PayPal, which will leave many without bank accounts behind
Long — Banks, governments, credit card companies and fintech evangelists all want us to believe a cashless future is inevitable and good. Tweets: @backlon , @erocdrahs , @justincormack and @adamshos...
Promoted Twitter accounts appear in some users' Following lists, making it seem like the users actually follow those accounts
Twitter Ads Make It Seem Like People Follow Brands, Even If They Don't — Visa follows MasterCard? So it seemed. Twitter's expansion of ads into “Following” …