EFF wants to know how often Coinbase receives government requests for user data—and how Coinbase decides whether or not to comply.
In at least one key way, cryptocurrency exchanges are exactly like banks: Americans who use them can have their information turned over to government agencies without a warrant.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), a privacy-centric civil liberties group, has had enough of that, so it's looking for cryptocurrency exchanges—whose users often prize crypto's anonymity and censorship-resistance—to push back.
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https://decrypt.co/40685/electronic-frontier-foundation-calls-out-coinbase-on-privacy