{"id":54305,"date":"2023-07-11T17:17:10","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T21:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/?p=54305"},"modified":"2023-07-11T17:39:14","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T21:39:14","slug":"users-accuse-arkham-of-privacy-trafficking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/users-accuse-arkham-of-privacy-trafficking\/","title":{"rendered":"Users Accuse Arkham of Privacy Trafficking"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Crypto journalist Colin Wu claims that Binance's well-known IEO project, Arkham Intelligence, has been gathering sensitive user information<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Users Accuse Arkham of Privacy Trafficking<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

According to the tweet, Arkham's blockchain intelligence platform has been “personal privacy trafficking” a significant number of users' private email addresses. The greater crypto community criticized this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Binance\u2019s new IEO project, Arkham, collects a large amount of user data, and personal Email address are also exposed. Its on-chain intelligence trading platform is also considered to personal privacy trafficking, which has sparked criticism from the community.\u2026<\/p>— Wu Blockchain (@WuBlockchain) July 11, 2023\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n <\/g>\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n <\/clipPath>\r\n <\/defs><\/svg><\/span><\/a><\/blockquote>

The blockchain intelligence platform<\/a> unveiled its “Dox-to-Earn” initiative, which enables users to buy private information on a wallet address anonymously, on July 10. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

By tying money to a request, the platorm claimed to link users through a bounty mechanism. Adam Cochran, a Synthetix executive and contributor to Yearn Finance, also provided a rundown of all the information gathered by Arkham Intelligence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This includes contact information, preferences, usage, marketing information, correspondence, transactional information, blockchain addresses, and even details about individual devices. An executive at Synthetix Adam Cochran said: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“It's free cause you are the product.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

As stated in a tweet by Miguel Morel, CEO of Arkham Intelligence<\/use><\/svg><\/span><\/a>, “a Base 64 encoded version of the referrer's email” was included in the referral links to track user referrals since the beta's launch. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“It was not a way to collect user email. Users already use their emails when they sign up for the platform and get a ref link. We do not use them for anything other than communicating with users and attributing referrals.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

CEO of Arkham Intelligence Miguel MorelWu claims that the blockchain intelligence platform will soon publish a FAQ for its users regarding the use of their data.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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