Week in the Privacy News 2024-08
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Research
- Memetic warfare: notes from the W3PN Summit meme talk by @lunar_mining
- The State of the Culture (2024): a non pretty glimpse into post-entertainment society
- EFF: Unregulated, Exploitative, and on the Rise report on electronic monitoring from Vera Institute
- WTF is Aztec? introduction article
- Hackernoon: The Role of Asset-Agnostic Privacy
- Wired: experience with Signal usernames
- The Big Brother Watch: thread on X comparing CBDCs around the world
- Google: AI privacy risks from sharing with chatbots
Ecosystem
- Fluidkey launched alpha version on Optimism
- Aleo users alarmed by leaked KYC documents
- Railgun surpasses $20m TVL (src)
- Privacy x Web3 job board by @nicksvyaznoy and @niclaz (updated)
Grants
- Ethereum Foundation: The first ZK Grants Round is now open ($900k) (src)
- Zcash: grant for Maya Protocol approved ($110k) (src)
Releases
- NymVPN v0.0.4: initial release
Podcasts
- Privacy tools in the real world (LunarDAO)
- Protecting health data & patient privacy (Verida Network x Partisia Blockchain)
- Alternatives to CEXs (Firo)
- Privacy + blockchain: how important is it? (QuickSwap)
Governments
- Russia arrested a woman for a $51 donation to Ukraine charity, facing up to 20 years in prison
- The real story of the SEC's suit from Kraken CEO @DavidLRipley
- ‘Privacy and Security’ Should Be the Core of National Digital ID
- Australian experts discusses privacy and data collection by smart home devices
- Canadian Privacy Commissioner highlights concerns on RCMP's web surveillance with private tech
Other
- Bitcoin Magazine: Adam Back's complete emails with Satoshi Nakamato
- Satoshi Nakamoto's earliest collaborator Martii 'Sirius' Malmi released their entire email history
Upcoming events
(new/changes in bold)
- Apr 10, zkSummit (Athens) conference
- Apr 12-14, ETHDam hackathon
- May 24-26, ETHBerlin hackathon
- May 30, Web3Privacy Now Summit (Prague) conference
- Jun 7-9, MoneroKon (Prague) conference & hackathon
- Jun 19-26, Web3Privacy Now Hackathon (Bled)
- Oct 4-6, Hackers Congress Paralelní Polis (HCPP) (Prague) conference
- Oct 4-6, ETHRome hackathon
- Oct, Web3Privacy Now Summit (Brno) conference
- Oct, ETHBrno hackathon
