facebook支持加密貨幣支付嗎（又一個隱私醜聞）

2023-04-15 18:27:20 3

According to sources, Facebook is developing a cryptocurrency that would enable money transfers to be done through its messaging app WhatsApp. As stated in the publication by Bloomberg, the company is working on a stablecoin pegged to the US Dollar to minimize volatility.

根據消息來源，Facebook正在開發一種加密貨幣，通過其消息應用程式WhatsApp實現匯款。正如彭博社的出版物所述，該公司正在研究與美元掛鈎的穩定幣，以儘量減少波動。

Unfortunately for Facebook, the wave of exposed privacy breaches and violations that were initiated with the Cambridge Analytica scandal is not yet over. A recent Report from The NYT revealed hidden arrangements between the company and select few big companies, ranging from your friends』 contact information all the way down to some of the most private data — your private messages.

不幸的是，對於Facebook，由劍橋Analytica醜聞引發的暴露隱私洩露和違規行為的浪潮尚未結束。紐約時報最近的一份報告揭示了該公司與少數幾家大公司之間隱藏的安排，從朋友的聯繫信息一直到一些最私密的數據 - 您的私人信息。

Facebook Cryptocurrency Could Come Sooner Than We Think

Facebook加密貨幣可能比我們想像的要早

As recently reported by CCN, Facebook Blockchain has ramped up hiring of blockchain developers. As of now, more than 40 people can be found in LinkedIn when you look for Facebook employees with the term 「Blockchain.」

正如CCN 最近報導的那樣，Facebook Blockchain已經加大了對區塊鏈開發人員的招聘力度。截至目前，當您使用「區塊鏈」一詞尋找Facebook員工時，LinkedIn中可以找到超過40人。

Another report by The Block revealed that, besides blockchain developers, the company was also looking for Head of Brand, Global Brand Development Lead, and Product Marketing Lead, all of which with product go-to-market responsibilities. The PM Lead job description states:

The Block的另一份報告顯示，除了區塊鏈開發商之外，該公司還在尋找品牌負責人，全球品牌開發負責人和產品營銷負責人，所有這些都是產品上市的責任。PM Lead職位描述指出：

This person will be responsible for creating our product strategy for developers and consumers, managing our product go-to-market plans and coordinating a cross-functional team to bring great solutions to connect the community.

該人員將負責為開發人員和消費者制定我們的產品戰略，管理我們的產品上市計劃，並協調跨職能團隊，為社區提供卓越的解決方案。

Upon inquiry about the Head of Brand and Global Brand Development Lead by The Block, Facebook reportedly removed those job listings.

在詢問了The Block的品牌負責人和全球品牌發展負責人之後，Facebook據報導刪除了這些職位列表。

Why WhatsApp?

為何選擇WhatsApp？

The mobile messaging app has been popular in some of the countries that have high needs for convenient and cost-effective money transfer solutions. Such would be India, in which WhatsApp has more than 200 million active users, as stated in the publication. The country is a leader in the world when it comes to remittances — according to the World Bank, more than $69 billion have been sent abroad to India in 2017 alone.

移動消息應用程式在一些對便捷和具有成本效益的匯款解決方案有很高需求的國家中很受歡迎。如該出版物所述，WhatsApp擁有超過2億活躍用戶的是印度。在匯款方面，該國是世界上的領導者 - 據世界銀行稱，僅在2017年就有超過690億美元被匯往印度。

Yet Another Stablecoin

還有另一個Stablecoin

Recently there have been many emerging stablecoin projects. In fact, according to Stable.Report, there were more than 120 similar ventures at some point. Unfortunately, as simple as the idea might sound at first, making it a reality has turned out to be far harder than initially anticipated.

最近出現了許多新興的穩定幣項目。事實上，根據Stable.Report，在某些方面有超過120個類似的企業。不幸的是，這個想法最初聽起來很簡單，但事實證明它已經變得比最初預期的要困難得多。

Basis, a New Jersey-based crypto stablecoin project, backed by some of the largest VC firms in the world, including Andreessen Horowitz and Bain Capital Ventures, recently announced that it is terminating its operations. The reason behind the shutdown of a project that raised $133 million back in April was the lack of

Basis是一家位於新澤西州的加密穩定幣項目，由世界上一些最大的風險投資公司支持，其中包括Andreessen Horowitz和Bain Capital Ventures，最近宣布它將終止其業務。關閉一個在4月份籌集了1.33億美元的項目背後的原因是缺乏

apparent way around being classified as a security as opposed to a currency, which could significantly reduce the number of potential buyers.

明顯的方式被分類為證券而非貨幣，這可能會大大減少潛在買家的數量。

The crypto community’s most famous stablecoin, the USD Tether, has also been under severe scrutiny and a lot of controversy due to its lack of transparency and concerning activities. Their refusal of audit has raised many questions that have yet to be answered.

加密社區最著名的穩定幣，美元繫繩，由於缺乏透明度和活動，也受到嚴格的審查和爭議。他們拒絕審計提出了許多尚待解決的問題。

Facebook, on the other hand, has over 2 billion active users and more than $40 billion of annual revenue, as well as a successful track record of navigating harsh regulatory environments. If Facebook is developing a cryptocurrency and launches it in the near future, it would also be the first big tech company to do so, essentially giving Facebook a unique advantage over the market. One question remains, though…

另一方面，Facebook擁有超過20億活躍用戶和超過400億美元的年收入，以及在惡劣監管環境中駕馭的成功記錄。如果Facebook正在開發加密貨幣並在不久的將來推出它，它也將是第一家這樣做的大型科技公司，實質上是讓Facebook在市場上具有獨特的優勢。一個問題仍然存在，但......

Why should you trust Facebook with anything, anymore?

你為什麼要相信Facebook的東西？

According to a recent report by The NYT which summarizes the review of more than 270 internal company documents and over 60 interviews with former company employees, partners, former government officials, and privacy advocates, the social media giant has been giving tech companies access to more personal information than disclosed. Essentially, Facebook spared them from its privacy policies.

根據紐約時報最近的一份報告，該報告總結了對270多份內部公司文件的審查，以及對前公司員工，合作夥伴，前政府官員和隱私權倡導者的60多次採訪，這家社交媒體巨頭一直在為科技公司提供更多信息。個人信息比透露。從本質上講，Facebook使其免受其隱私政策的影響。

The report concludes that Facebook also shared all of its users』 friends』 names to Microsoft Bing, allowed Amazon to collect their names and contact information through their friends, and it allowed Yahoo to spectate on users』 friends』 posts. And the worst is probably yet to come — a few days ago, the Washington D.C. state filed a lawsuit against the company because of the Cambridge Analytica scandal and the 2016 elections.

該報告得出結論，Facebook還向微軟Bing分享了其所有用戶的朋友的名字，允許亞馬遜通過他們的朋友收集他們的姓名和聯繫信息，並允許雅虎觀看用戶的朋友帖子。最糟糕的情況可能還未到來 - 幾天前，由於劍橋分析公司的醜聞和2016年的選舉，華盛頓特區州對該公司提起了訴訟。

Whether the company succeeds with this endeavor to 「help billions of people」 or not remains to be seen, but one thing is certain — Facebook is to launch a cryptocurrency.

該公司是否與這一努力成功，以「幫助數十億人」 與否還有待觀察，但有一點是肯定的- Facebook是推出一個cryptocurrency。

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