Edit Article: Week in the Privacy News 2026-04

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Good Monday, friends of privacy!

This week we take a closer look at LLM by Ollama and their new Ollama Launch in the Tool of the week category. Besides that, it's good to take a look at recent news about Microsoft giving out acces keys to encrypted Windows disks to FBI or UK's government attempts to ban VPN.

There is no other season as a privacy season and the second bet time to start caring about it is now! So let's jump in and take a look at freshest news and tool tips with this week's newsletter.

### Tool of the week
- [Ollama Launch: new command which sets up and runs your favorite coding tools](ollama.com)
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### Insights
- [Guide to using Ollama Launch](https://ollama.com/blog/launch)
- [UK's parliament votes for ban of VPN for underage people](https://hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2026-01-21/debates/FDF32A4B-6004-4C08-8995-EB06C45C0B65/Children%E2%80%99SWellbeingAndSchoolsBill)
- [Microsoft gives FBI a set of BitLocker encryption keys](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/23/microsoft-gave-fbi-a-set-of-bitlocker-encryption-keys-to-unlock-suspects-laptops-reports/)
- [Nym network opens ports for WhatsApp calls, Session Messenger, and SMTP](https://nym.com/blog/nip-6)
- [Learn how to implement Clawdbot into Brave Search API](https://x.com/brave/status/2015201576130957365)
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### Knowledge
- [Check a Crypto-graveyard: website for failed web3 projects, created by @param_eth](https://crypto-graveyard-projects.vercel.app/)
- [Quantum computing and blockchains: Matching urgency to actual threats by a16z crypto](https://x.com/a16zcrypto/status/2015189782398394650)
- [Vlad Costea On Bitcoin Maximalism, and Dogmatically Losing the Currency and Platform Network Effects](https://bitcoin-takeover.com/on-bitcoin-maximalism-and-dogmatically-losing-the-currency-and-platform-network-effects/)
- [1Password introduces new built-in phishing protection to fight AI scams](https://cyberinsider.com/1password-introduces-new-built-in-phishing-protection-to-fight-ai-scams/)
- [Proton advises how to approach the new ads in ChatGPT](https://proton.me/blog/chatgpt-ads)
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### Inspiration: Going On(Line) an offering of media from the web
- [Privacy Is Power: Oxford Philosopher on Big Tech, Democracy & AI Ethics](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhFr0SE9QPY)
- [Three Privacy Fixes Most People Never Make by Naomi Brockwell](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgIxxWDRpbA)
- [Take our own Web3 Privacy Now courses through our Academy](https://academy.web3privacy.info/)
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### Inspiration: Going Off(Line) an offering of IRL events 
*(new/changes in **bold**)*
* Jan 31 - Feb 1 - [FOSDEM 2026](https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/) Brussels
* Feb 5–6,  - [Digital Assets Forum](https://eblockchainconvention.com/digital-assets-forum/) - London, UK
* Feb 12-15 - [MONEROTOPIA 2026](monerotopia.com) Mexico City
* Feb 17–21 - [ETHDenver](https://ethdenver.com) - Denver, Colorado 
* Mar 6-7 - [Logos Network's Parallel Society](https://x.com/Logos_network/status/1984952918454247534) Lisabon
* Mar 1–2 - [Crypto Expo Europe](https://cryptoexpoeurope.com) - Bucharest, Romania
* Apr 15–16 - [Paris Blockchain Week](https://parisblockchainweek.com) - Paris, France
* May 5-8 - [RightsCon](https://www.rightscon.org/registration/) Zambia
* May 8-10 - [ETHPrague](https://ethprague.com/) Prague
* Jun 16-17 - [Dapcon 26](dappcon.io) Berlin

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