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Vonage Co-Founder Launches Decentralized Videochat App to Battle Zoom

Jeff Pulver, a Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) pioneer and the co-founder of Vonage, has launched a decentralized application (dApp) that claims to provide the “most secure end-to-end business communications network” available.The move follows reports last week that rival videochat app Zoom exposed personally identifiable information and private conversations on the open web.Centralized data storage provides a centralized point of failureAccording to Pulver, the problem with existing communication solutions is that they route all business and personal data through one central point. This creates a huge security threat to confidential

AT&T Starts Appeal to Dismiss Crypto Investor’s SIM Swapping Case 

AT&T has moved to have a long-standing negligence case against it dismissed. Earlier this week, the company filed a motion to dismiss claims that it was complicit in a SIM swapping case that resulted in millions in crypto stolen from its customers. The case itself originated back in 2018, when crypto investor Michael Terpin sued the telecoms giant of negligence and accused it of being complicit in two separate SIM swapping operations. A Timeline of Terpin’s CaseAt the time, Terpin claimed to have lost almost $24 million, but was suing the firm