Sentences with phrase « illicit purposes»

Those using Telegram for illicit purposes say they view Telegram as a platform that offers increased anonymity compared to other alternatives, and one that isn't as heavily policed when it comes to removing groups and channels focused on sharing pirated or illegal material.

At a CNBC / Institutional Investor Delivering Alpha conference, Dimon argued that governments will eventually crack down on digital currencies because cryptocurrency is being used for illicit purposes.

Given the last of its published principles, it will be interesting to see which executive Facebook chooses to send to testify in front of Congress — to explain things like how it failed to protect the privacy of ~ 50M users nor even inform people their data had been siphoned off for illicit purposes.

«I think it will have an important deterrent impact, as well as inform the Congress if circumstances arise in which the president uses the pardon power for an illicit purpose, to protect himself, to obstruct justice,» said Schiff (D - Burbank) in an interview.

First Fallacy: Jamie states that Bitcoin will be used and is being used for illicit purposes and will eventually cause harm or death to individuals.

Among them in the original Greek is pharmakeia, which is usually translated as «sorcery» but which in the first century a.d. specifically referred to the mixing of potions for illicit purposes, including the prevention of pregnancy.

During arguments before the Appellate Division clerk, Castorina argued that his sole concern was that criminals or terrorists might use the cards to open bank accounts for illicit purposes — and that authorities would find themselves unable to track the malefactors if the city flushed its digital documentation.

But Malliotakis and Castorina argued that wiping those records could compromise a future criminal investigation into a cardholder who used his IDNYC for illicit purposes — for instance, to open a bank account that financed terrorist activity.

Some people use Craigslist or Snapchat for illicit purposes.

One also hears of these borrowed signals being used for illicit purposes: online gambling, spamming, downloading copyrighted materials, accessing child pornography, etc. (I don't say «stolen» signals because it's not clear that there is any theft involved.

Individuals subject to investigative detention in public settings may be precluded from using their cell phones to contact counsel due to police directives and practices, or because of concerns that cell phones may be used for illicit purposes.

Further, there is often a remote switch to disconnect calls when the accused is speaking to someone other than counsel or when there is reason to suspect the call was made for illicit purposes.

Coinhive gets a bad rap because it can be used for illicit purposes, though the software is widely regarded as legitimate, as is the coin that it mines.

The use of bitcoin for illicit purposes has long been the most controversial aspect of the cryptoasset, although it has taken a back seat to speculation around the bitcoin price over the past few years.

At a CNBC / Institutional Investor Delivering Alpha conference, Dimon argued that governments will eventually crack down on digital currencies because cryptocurrency is being used for illicit purposes.

«The company lacked basic controls to prevent the use of its services for illicit purposes,» the undersecretary said.

More recently — and for less illicit purposes — the Marshall Islands has passed legislation that will see the island nation launch its own cryptocurrency to phase out its reliance on the US dollar.

Once this was captured, they would use it for illicit purposes.

While this could be used for illicit purposes it also is a desire for many that just want privacy.

She further argued that to prevent bad actors from using cryptocurrencies for illicit purposes, exchanges should be regulated.

And honestly, a lot of it — what I've read from you guys [CNBC]-- is being used from illicit purposes.

Not exact matches

Ironically enough, the issue of «nuclear security» should be viewed as a consequence of the failure of the existing nuclear regime, proven to be incapable of controlling either the illicit transfer of nuclear technology or preventing the military use of nuclear material intended for peaceful purposes.

Though the purpose was ostensibly to reduce illicit cross-border activities, these activities are thriving, suggesting the acquiescence — if not connivance — of Venezuelan state forces.

The All - Party Parliamentary Group on Illicit Trade, which was established earlier this year, will question whether the Government's current approach and response is fit for purpose.

For the purpose of this section, illicit sexual behavior means acts of sexual or deviate sexual intercourse, deviate sexual acts, or sexual acts defined in G.S. 14 - 27.1 (4), voluntarily engaged in by a spouse with someone other than the other spouse;

Possession for the purpose of trafficking occurs when you have possession of an illicit substance, with an intention to traffic it.

Mr. Paterson was convicted of nine offences: two counts of possession of illicit drugs, three counts of possession of illicit drugs for the purpose of trafficking and four counts of unlawful possession of firearms.

He states that: «Internet surveillance in the workplace is not at the employer's discretionary power -LRB-...) Even where there exist suspicions of cyberslacking, diversion of the employer's IT resources for personal purposes, damage to the employer's IT systems, involvement in illicit activities or disclosure of the employer's trade secrets, the employer's right to interfere with the employee's communications is not unrestricted.»

Canadian charter (Criminal): Brendan Paterson was convicted of nine offences: two counts of possession of illicit drugs, three counts of possession of illicit drugs for the purpose of trafficking and four counts of unlawful possession of firearms.

Last month, cybersecurity provider Kaspersky Lab reported that researchers had uncovered malware attacks being executed on cloud - based instant messaging service Telegram, for the purpose of illicit cryptocurrency mining.

Russian cybersecurity provider Kaspersky Lab reported that researchers had uncovered malware attacks being executed on cloud - based instant messaging service Telegram, for the purpose of illicit cryptocurrency mining.

Last week, Russian cybersecurity provider Kaspersky Lab reported that it had uncovered malware attacks being executed on Telegram's cloud - based messaging service, for the purpose of illicit cryptocurrency mining.

«It is a known fact that cryptocurrencies are quite often abused for illicit financing purposes.

US policymakers have made targeting cryptocurrency - fueled terrorism and the illicit use of digital coins for any purpose a priority.

The purpose of the proposed study is to examine the association of substance use, including nicotine, alcohol, marijuana, and other illicit drugs, and IPV for a sample of 160 generally lower socioeconomic status women studied over a number of years with the same male partner in the OYS - Couples study.