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Facebook dodges privacy concerns with cryptocurrency wallet Calibra

By Regina Barton
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Facebook dodges privacy concerns with cryptocurrency wallet Calibra

When Facebook jumped into the cryptocurrency market, CEO Mark Zuckerberg sidestepped privacy concerns by creating a separate service to handle customer transactions.

Known as Calibra, the new digital wallet will allow customers to send and receive the Libra cryptocurrency on Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp without Facebook accessing their data.

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