Privacy in 2024: Tornado Cash, CBDCs and AI surveillance (Feat. Harry Halpin)
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The Agenda Podcast: Decoding Crypto
Privacy in 2024: Tornado Cash, CBDCs and AI surveillance (Feat. Harry Halpin)
Jun 26, 2024 Season 1 Episode 39
Harry Halpin

Nym CEO Harry Halpin joins The Agenda to discuss the state of privacy and civil liberties in 2024, including the sentencing of Tornado Cash developer Alexey Pertsev, the power of AI to increase and expand surveillance, the censorship risks of central bank digital currencies, and more.

The Agenda is brought to you by Cointelegraph and hosted/produced by Ray Salmond and Jonathan DeYoung. Follow Cointelegraph on X (Twitter) at @Cointelegraph, Jonathan at @maddopemadic and Ray at @HorusHughes. Jonathan is also on Instagram at @maddopemadic, and he makes the music for the podcast — hear more at madic.art.

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Timestamps:
(00:00) - Introduction to The Agenda podcast and this week’s episode
(01:40) - Complying with regulations and sanctions as a privacy project
(05:50) - Reaction to Tornado Cash developer Alexey Pertsev’s jail sentence
(09:44) - The future of privacy around the world
(12:22) - Are CBDCs a privacy nightmare?
(15:51) - The politicization of CBDCs
(18:47) - Are AI fears accurate or overblown?
(22:08) - How Ukranians use Nym VPN to stay safe
(25:43) - Mixnets vs. traditional VPNs

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