In brief
- A RUSI paper based on a public-private roundtable discussion has called for greater collaboration between privacy tool developers and law enforcement.
- Participants at the roundtable repeatedly stressed that banning privacy solutions, such as privacy pools and ZK-proofs, would simply make illicit activity harder to detect.
- The paper highlights several legitimate uses for privacy solutions, including company confidentiality and protection for potential wrench attacks.
A report from the world’s oldest defense and security think tank has warned against banning blockchain-based privacy tools, arguing that blanket prohibition would merely result in bad actors using noncompliant services.
In a paper titled, ‘Privacy-Enhancing…
