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How Blockchain could help us take back control of our privacy | Josh Hall

The Cambridge Analytica breaches show the dangers of leaking personal, sensitive data online – but there’s a way to avoid this
Facebook’s data centre in Prineville, Oregon. The company has suffered a major breach. Photograph: Facebook/EPA

The scandal poses some serious questions about the integrity of democracies in the information age. From Trump to , the apparently offered by CA’s top executives should cause concern everywhere that elections happen. But the episode is also worrying because of its specific focus: data. We create reams of data every day – every time we open a browser window and every time we make a contactless payment. We do this without thinking. The

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