Good day, Today we announced a MEMATHON! Launching on 1st of April - by the way, this is not a joke. Would we put so much effort into a joke? Well, probably yes. But it's not. So sign up, submit on JokeRace, and feel free to let your imagination go wild on the open track or the bounties.Now for the privacy news:InsightsA Win for Encryption: France Rejects Backdoor MandateMichael Lewellen is suing the DOJ over their criminalization of software developmentIRS nears deal with Ice to share data o...

Today's vibe - straight to the point. You want privacy news? You get em. Dive in:InsightsAmazon Is Ending an Important Privacy Feature for Alexa Echo Devices By the End of the MonthTurkey: New cybersecurity law threatens free expressionTrump Treasury Expands Financial SurveillanceNymVPN is now liveShutter API: Threshold Encryption ServiceArcium hub where builders and community members uniteKnowledgeHarward Paper: The Value of Open Source SoftwareMonero History PostPressure grows to hold secre...

When was the last time you’ve seen a really good privacy meme? Introducing 1st Memathon focused on facilitating memetic comms in privacy x web3! Memathon is an online 3-weeks marathon on memes creation, where hundreds of people, from copywriters and marketing gurus to privacy ambassadors will come up with new memes that will empower privacy and freedom narrative in web3. With a financial incentive, backed by privacy orgs. Yes-yes, we talk about prizes! Lurk on JokeRace for now, with more upda...

Hope your first week of March is off to a good start! May I suggest some digital home improvements?Switch one chat a week from WhatsApp to Signal.Don't try to fix anyone's moral compass on social media, unless they are open to it.Cleanse your home screen from unnecessary apps.Draft and share in Fileverse ddocs instead of Google Sheets.Move sensitive information and your seed phrases to good old analogue paper.Sage your devices.We've been cooking over at Web3Privacy! Here's some updates:PG's A...

While working full time in crypto / privacy and seeing the most ludicrous news ever popping up on your screen, it is important to remember the image of a happy decentralized internet. Utopia? Maybe, but without taking steps in the right directon, we will absolutely lose the plot. On the bright side, things are heating up - with Apple pulling end-to-end encryption from the UK, more people are starting to talk about importance of privacy. With that, more people are starting to learn about the i...

Good morning, on todays episode of "this is so dumb it overflows into genius" we have a use case for homomorphic encryption: homodaddies! Great to see privacy tapping into the niche markets out there. In the meantime Kinklink is kicking off. Lots of romance in the air, even in the privacy community this past week. In other news, some updates from Web3Privacy!Speaker proposals are open!web3privacy starter kit masterpost is heresupport web3privacy now on Givethnow for the latest privacy world n...

As most are preparing for ETHDenver, or buying new shitcoins (I am disappointed in the new names - "initial poop offering" who came up with that and why is it all over my X feed??), welcome to the tranquil corner of privacy news, grab your tea and let's dive in.InsightsHolonym Foundation Acquires Gitcoin Passport and Launches human.techAlexey on home arrestShutter cooking something up 👀Sparrow v2.1.0Zashi: iOS 1.3.3Waku Monthly UpdateKnowledgeDyne newsletter has been poppin'UK orders Apple t...

Good evening, reporting directly from crypto twitter trenches, this past week hasn't seen too many launches and updates, apart from the big DarkFi release we all have been waiting for. Enjoy the recap and happy February! Can't believe January 2025 lasted 5 months.InsightsDarkFi App ReleaseAMPC is now implemented in WoldcoinHotel in Georgia accepts MoneroKnowledgeLimit Meta trackingPrivate PoS with Ouroboros CrypsinousInternet censorship: Diagnosing a global threatTEEs explainedDistributed Key...

I like to believe that cats are Web3privacy Now mascots. Hear me out:cats have been at the epicenter of Internet since forever, and secretly became a mascot of digital activismcats are pro privacythey are independent, just like our team culturecats are selective on who they trust (rings a bell?)cats are nocturnal, just like most of us adhd chaotic neutralschatgpt confirmed: "cats make people feel safe while embracing their quirks", and that's our cosy side of web3 privacy in one sentence.so i...

Good evening and welcome to the cosy corner of crypto that is not going to mention any of the recent developments (you can head over to crypto twitter for the memes and the rants). Hope your 2025 is off to a good start. Here over at web3privacy now we have been cooking and prepping, with big things coming up on the horizon! Yes, you've heard that one before from like every protocol ever, but we are NOT a protocol - we are a collective of people trying to make the world of web3 privacy stronge...