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+          <h3>15-9-2013: NSA follows the Money</h3>
+          <p>Despite the EU allowing the NSA access to financial transaction data to
+             track terrorists and organized crime, the NSA saw it necessary to
+             target international payment processors including SWIFT and Visa.
+             As terrorism and organized crime are covered by legal means, industrial
+             espionage to improve the US economy is the only remaining US national
+             interest within the NSA's mandate that would explain this illegal activity.<br>
+             With Taler, exchanges will only learn the value of a merchant's transactions,
+             not who paid or for what (governments may learn what was sold).  Thus,
+             the Taler exchange is a significantly less interesting target for industrial
+             espionage.
+          </p>
+          <p><a class="btn btn-info" href="http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/spiegel-exclusive-nsa-spies-on-international-bank-transactions-a-922276.html" role="button">Source</a></p>
diff --git a/template/financial-news/2014-09-10.inc b/template/financial-news/2014-09-10.inc
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+          <h3>10-9-2014: PayPal accounts hacked with a click</h3>
+          <p>Yasser Ali reports a now patched vulnerability in PayPal that would
+             have allowed him to reset other user's passwords and take over their
+             accounts. This is unlikely to be the last vulnerability found in
+             account-based payment systems.<br>
+             In Taler, customers do not have accounts with usernames, passwords
+             or associated e-mail addresses.  Instead, Taler uses reserves which
+             are represented by a private key on the owner's computer.  Users
+             create a reserve by depositing currency at a Taler exchange, and can then
+             withdraw digital coins from that reserve using the respective private
+             key.  There is no limit on the number of reserves a user can have, and
+             even hacking the Taler exchange would not provide an adversary with access to
+             user's reserves (as the Taler exchange does not have the private keys).
+             Stealing in Taler requires breaking into each customer's computer to
+             extract the reserve keys or the coins from the digital wallet.
+          </p>
+          <p><a class="btn btn-info" href="http://yasserali.com/hacking-paypal-accounts-with-one-click/" role="button">Source</a></p>
diff --git a/template/financial-news/2014-11-13.inc b/template/financial-news/2014-11-13.inc
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+          <h3>13-11-2014: Visa and MasterCard's to move from passwords to biometrics</h3>
+          <p>Visa and MasterCard are planning to &quot;simplify hated verification
+             systems&quot; by moving from passwords to security codes on mobiles
+             and biometrics.  Continuing their flawed insistence on verifying identity,
+             Visa and MasterCard will thus build a very personal picture of their
+             customers, from shopping habbits down to their cardiac rhythm.<br>
+             Taler does not require a customer's identity to verify a payment, as the
+             payment system cryptographically verifies the coins.  Thus, Taler does
+             not have to intrude into any personal detail of a citizen's life, and
+             certainly not their private medical data.
+          </p>
+          <p><a class="btn btn-info" href="http://www.theguardian.com/money/2014/nov/13/mastercard-visa-kill-off-verification-systems" role="button">Source</a></p>
diff --git a/template/financial-news/2014-12-05.inc b/template/financial-news/2014-12-05.inc
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+          <h3>5-12-2014: PayPal for Android gains fingerprint support</h3>
+          <p>Following Visa and MasterCard's move to biometrics, PayPal
+             now supports authenticating purchases with fingerprint
+             recognition.
+             Hence, police can now <a href="http://www.findlaw.co.uk/law/government/civil_rights/500374.html">forcefully take user's fingerprints</a> and
+             <a href="http://www.wired.com/2013/09/the-unexpected-result-of-fingerprint-authentication-that-you-cant-take-the-fifth/">access their mobile computers</a> and possibly empty their electronic wallets
+             <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/american-shakedown-police-won-t-charge-you-but-they-ll-grab-your-money-1.2760736">in addition to their physical wallets</a>.<br>
+             For Taler, we advise users to protect their digital wallets using
+             passphrases.
+          </p>
+          <p><a class="btn btn-info" href="http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tech/news/a614631/paypal-for-android-gains-fingerprint-support-on-samsung-devices.html" role="button">Source</a></p>
+
+          <h3>5-12-2014: US judge rules banks can sue merchant for bad security</h3>
+          <p>Merchants taking credit card data from customers now have to additionally
+             fear banks suing them for losses.  It is not suggested that the merchant
+             in question was not in compliance with PCI DSS security audit procedures.<br>
+             With Taler, merchants never handle sensitive personal credit data, and
+             thus neither customers, exchanges nor governments would even have standing to
+             sue merchants in court.  Thus, if a merchant system were to be compromised,
+             the damage would be limited to the merchant's own operations.
+          <p><a class="btn btn-info" href="http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/12/judge-rules-that-banks-can-sue-target-for-2013-credit-card-hack/" role="button">Source</a></p>
diff --git a/template/financial-news/2014-12-06.inc b/template/financial-news/2014-12-06.inc
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+          <h3>6-12-2014: Visa and MasterCard's uncompetitive business practices</h3>
+          <p>The Visa and MasterCard duopoly has eliminated competition among
+             banks, setting fees that take away a significant share of profits from
+             small merchants.<br>
+             Taler is an open standard with free software
+             implementations, so merchants do not have to fear a lack of competition.
+          </p>
+          <p><a class="btn btn-info" href="http://www.ocregister.com/articles/gas-644344-card-fees.html" role="button">Source</a></p>
diff --git a/template/financial-news/2015-03-17.inc b/template/financial-news/2015-03-17.inc
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+          <h3>17-3-2015: Pointing Fingers in Apple Pay Fraud</h3>
+          <p>Apple Pay may be easy to use, but the simplistic
+            user identification creates opportunities for fraud,
+            resulting in much higher fraud rates than even with traditional
+            credit card systems.<br>
+            Taler does not require user identification, enabling
+            ease of use while also being effective against fraud.
+          </p>
+          <p><a class="btn btn-info" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/17/business/banks-find-fraud-abounds-in-apple-pay.html?_r=0" role="button">Source</a></p>
diff --git a/template/financial-news/2015-04-30.inc b/template/financial-news/2015-04-30.inc
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+          <h3>30-4-2015: 1970 Researchers Predicted Debit Cards Would be Great for Surveillance</h3>
+          <p>&quot;Suppose you were an advisor to the head of the KGB,
+          the Soviet Secret Police. Suppose you are given the
+          assignment of designing a system for the surveillance of all
+          citizens and visitors within the boundaries of the USSR. The
+          system is not to be too obtrusive or obvious. What would be
+          your decision?&quot;<br>
+          The think tank RAND essentially answered this question with
+          a blueprint for modern payment systems.  Taler offers an
+          escape from the financial panopticon.
+          </p>
+          <p><a class="btn btn-info" href="http://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/1970s-researchers-predicted-debit-cards-would-be-great-1699216972" role="button">Source</a></p>
diff --git a/template/financial-news/2015-12-22.inc b/template/financial-news/2015-12-22.inc
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+          <h3>22-12-2015: Sicherheitsforscher hacken das EC-Bezahlsystem</h3>
+          <p>Security researchers found serious security flaws in the German &quot;electronic cash&quot; system
+             which enable criminals to withdraw funds from merchant accounts based on the information printed
+             on receipts and other information obtained from public sources or point-of-sales terminals purchased
+             online.<br>
+             The German &quot;electronic cash&quot; system is based on the &quot;Poseidon&quot; protocol, for
+             which there is no publicly accessible specification or reference implementation. This has allowed
+             such major security holes to persist for decades.
+          </p>
+          <p><a class="btn btn-info" href="http://www.zeit.de/digital/datenschutz/2015-12/electronic-cash-bezahlsystem-terminals-gehackt" role="button">Source</a></p>
diff --git a/template/financial-news/2016-07-23.inc b/template/financial-news/2016-07-23.inc
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+          <h3>23-07-2016: How banks are refusing to shoulder responsibility for fraud</h3>
+          <p>Banks are naturally unhappy about shouldering the cost for fraud, and use
+	     various tricks to impose the costs on their customers without providing
+	     adequate help to minimize fraud.<br>
+             With GNU Taler, cryptography ensures that identity theft and many related
+	     types of fraud are no longer possible, allowing banks to offer customers
+	     a payment experience where neither side needs to worry about fraud.
+          </p>
+          <p><a class="btn btn-info" href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/personal-banking/current-accounts/how-banks-are-refusing-to-shoulder-responsibility-for-fraud/" role="button">Source</a></p>
diff --git a/template/financial-news/2016-10-15.inc b/template/financial-news/2016-10-15.inc
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+          <h3>15-10-2016: Thousands of online stores found skimming</h3>
+          <p>Security researchers found evidence of adversaries targeting online shops offering credit cards
+             to steal and resell credit card credentials.<br>
+             With GNU Taler, shops would never receive sensitive personal information such as credit cards,
+             thus hacked online shops would not create such hassles for consumers.
+          </p>
+          <p><a class="btn btn-info" href="https://gwillem.gitlab.io/2016/10/11/5900-online-stores-found-skimming/" role="button">Source</a></p>
diff --git a/template/financial-news/2016-10-21.inc b/template/financial-news/2016-10-21.inc
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+          <h3>21-10-2016: Indian banks warn 3.2 million customers</h3>
+          <p>A major data breach of Indian banks forced these institutions to warn 3.2 million
+	     customers that their accounts might have been compromised and that they need
+	     to obtain new bank cards and PIN numbers.<br>
+             With GNU Taler, banks can implement privacy by design and minimize data collection,
+	     minimizing the impact of security breaches and satisfying GDPR regulations in Europe.
+          </p>
+          <p><a class="btn btn-info" href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Vermutliche-Datenpanne-Indische-Banken-warnen-3-2-Millionen-Kunden-3356582.html" role="button">Source</a></p>
diff --git a/template/financial-news/2016-10-24.inc b/template/financial-news/2016-10-24.inc
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+          <h3>24-10-2016: ApplePay starts in France</h3>
+          <p>With ApplePay starting in France, pressure on
+	     European banks increase as they are set to
+	     lose market share to big technology providers.<br>
+             With GNU Taler, we could establish an open standard with a level
+	     playing field preserving the independence of national economies
+	     by establishing a commons that protects critical infrastructure
+	     from domination by a handful of global players.
+          </p>
+          <p><a class="btn btn-info" href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Apple-Pay-startet-in-Frankreich-3272412.html" role="button">Source</a></p>
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+          <h3>24-10-2016: Alipay gains acceptance in US and Europe</h3>
+          <p>With Alipay being increasingly accepted in retail stores in US and Europe,
+	     European banks continue to lose market share to big technology
+	     providers.<br>
+             With GNU Taler, we could establish an open standard with a level
+	     playing field preserving the independence of national economies
+	     by establishing a commons that protects critical infrastructure
+	     from domination by a handful of global players.
+          </p>
+          <p><a class="btn btn-info" href="http://www.nfcworld.com/2016/10/24/347979/alipay-gains-acceptance-us-europe/" role="button">Source</a></p>
diff --git a/template/financial-news/2017-04-03.inc b/template/financial-news/2017-04-03.inc
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+          <h3>03-04-2017: Amazon launches Amazon Cash</h3>
+          <p>Despite Amazon being in the position of being allowed to keep
+             your credit card on file to enable faster payments, they have
+             now moved to enable payments without credit cards.
+	     <br>
+             With GNU Taler, cash-based payments for customers without
+             credit cards would be possible not only for big brands that
+             can sell tokens at participating retailers, but for all online
+             stores as GNU Taler is an open standard and not another
+             walled-garden lock-in payment system.
+          </p>
+          <p><a class="btn btn-info" href="https://techcrunch.com/2017/04/03/amazon-launches-amazon-cash-a-way-to-shop-its-site-without-a-bank-card/" role="button">Source</a></p>
diff --git a/template/financial-news/2017-04-04.inc b/template/financial-news/2017-04-04.inc
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+          <h3>04-04-2017: WhatsApp to offer person-to-person payments in India</h3>
+          <p>With Indian demonetization policy pushing the country towards
+             a cashless society, it was only a question of time until the
+             Big Data oligopoly would make its move to take over the country's
+             economy.
+	     <br>
+             With GNU Taler, India would maintain digital sovereignty, and
+             the privacy of citizens spending digital cash would
+             be preserved while achiving the laudable income transparency and
+             anti-counterfeiting goals of the Indian government.
+          </p>
+          <p><a class="btn btn-info" href="http://mashable.com/2017/04/04/whatsapp-person-to-person-payment-india/#_CZ7RRkKaiqN" role="button">Source</a></p>
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+          <h3>20-07-2017: Sofort&uuml;berweisung unreasonable</h3>
+          <p>The German Federal High Court of Justice has decided that
+	     the online payment system Sofort&uuml;berweisung is
+	     unreasonable, and thus must not be the only payment option offered
+	     without additional fees for customers in Germany.
+	     <br>
+             With GNU Taler, inexpensive instant payments that respect customers
+	     privacy will be possible.
+          </p>
+          <p><a class="btn btn-info" href="https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/BGH-Sofortueberweisung-darf-nicht-einziges-Gratis-Bezahlverfahren-sein-3777580.html" role="button">Source</a></p>
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+{#
+# Copyright (C) 2019, 2020 GNUnet e.V.
+#
+# This code is derived from code contributed to GNUnet eV
+# by nikita <nikita@n0.is>.
+#
+# Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for
+# any purpose with or without fee is hereby granted.
+#
+# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL
+# WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED
+# WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+# AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
+# DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR
+# PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER
+# TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR
+# PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: 0BSD
+#}
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
+  {% for siteconfitem in siteconf %}
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+      <title>{{ siteconfitem['rsstitle'] }}</title>
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+      <description>{{ siteconfitem['rssdescr']|e }}</description>
+      <link>https://{{ siteconfitem['baseurl'] }}/</link>
+      <lastBuildDate>{{ now }}</lastBuildDate>
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+          <pubDate>{{ conv_date_rfc822(newspostitem["date"]) }}</pubDate>
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+          <description>
+            <![CDATA[
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