In the aftermath of the recent BitMEX data leak, lawyer and general counsel at decentralized finance startup Compound Finance Jake Chervinsky raised the question of whether exposing the public to data risks that Know Your Client requirements entail is worth it.
It is about time we reconsider KYC. In a tweet posted on Nov. 1, Chervinsky calls KYC requirements "Are a double-edged sword." He explained that KYC helps law enforcement to track illegal transactions but also exposes the public to hacking, phishing and identity theft.
"It's about time we reconsider if the trade-off is worth it."
"I say we should consider if the benefit of collecting mass amounts of PII into single points of failure justifies the cost."
Crypto derivatives exchange BitMEX acknowledged yesterday that it accidentally leaked user emails by forgetting to use blind copy on a mass email.
As Cointelegraph reported in August, Binance saw the KYC documents and face photos of its client processed by a third party vendor be leaked to the public in an event that showed the dangers of identity verification.
Lawyer Asks Whether KYC Is Worth Exposing Users to Hacking and ID Theft
Publicado en Nov 2, 2019
by Cointele | Publicado en Coinage
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