Week in the Privacy News

Oct 15 - Oct 21, 2024

🚧 Future edition

hello and welcome!

this week we would like to give a spotlight to projects that won our bounty at ETHRome.

SafeBlow 🛟 helps whistleblowers send their whistles securely, privately, and quickly, by enabling the verification of reports without storing individual identities, utilizing a proof-of-personhood solution through TLS Verification, and implementing a client hash identifier to separate identifying data from report content.

Fischietto 🤫 is a privacy-centric whistleblowing platform using Aztec ZKPs and Fhenix encrypted data storage to ensure anonymous, secure, and verifiable reporting of workplace issues.

Vox 🗯️ is a private, secure and sybil-resistant petition platform. Citizens can fight the status-quo without fear of repercussion. Each signature is sure to come from a unique citizen.

SHIELD SPACE 🛡️ is a secure platform for sensitive communities hosting private, confidential events, ensuring participant privacy and data protection.

ZKSnitch 👀 is a decentralized whistleblowing platform with end to end encrypted submission sharing.

also, in case you've been out of the loop - we have launched the Privacy Builder Pack to empower devs moving beyond one-off projects and build privacy-1st applications that can address real-world problems and thrive in the long run.

Insights

Knowledge

Veritas Protocol The Benefits of Real-Time Blockchain Monitoring for Security
EFF How to: Detect Bluetooth Trackers
Privado.iD Reclaiming Trust in the Age of AI: Private Proofs of Uniqueness and Digital Reputation
IET A secure blockchain framework for healthcare records management systems
Cointelegraph Blockchain fixes misuse of biometric data — Privado ID founder
Prof Aggelos Kiayias The 11 blockchain tenets: towards a blockchain bill of rights
Kewbit's Privacy Blog Understanding Jamtis: A New Addressing Scheme for Monero
Naomi Brockwell Why I use disappearing messages
Cryptology ePrint Archive Curve Forests: Transparent Zero-Knowledge Set Membership with Batching and Strong Security
Cryptology ePrint Archive Mild Asymmetric Message Franking: Illegal-Messages-Only and Retrospective Content Moderation
Cryptology ePrint Archive A Note on ``Privacy-Preserving and Secure Cloud Computing: A Case of Large-Scale Nonlinear Programming''
Cryptology ePrint Archive Re-visiting Authorized Private Set Intersection: A New Privacy-Preserving Variant and Two Protocols
Cryptology ePrint Archive FLUENT: A Tool for Efficient Mixed-Protocol Semi-Private Function Evaluation
Cryptology ePrint Archive Understanding Leakage in Searchable Encryption: a Quantitative Approach

Inspiration: Going On(Line) an offering of media from the web

Mastering MPC & Memes with Mikerah Zero Knowledge Podcast
Shieldy & The Brain - Exploring ETH Privacy with RAILGUN
How Web3 Privacy Will Revolutionize DeFi Chainalysis
Privacy in Focus: An interview with Aaron Day from the Daylight Freedom Foundation Firo
Privacy as a part of Cardano's "bill of rights" Charles Hoskinson
Product Keynote: Arcium Yannik Schrade Breakpoint 2024
David Burkett on MWEB & Privacy Bitcoin Takeover
Liam Eagen, Robin Linus & Jonas Nick on Shielded Client Side Validation Bitcoin Takeover
10 Privacy Tools I Can’t Live Without Techlore
Is Browsing in Google’s Incognito Mode Private? Proton
Will Codex Replace Google Drive? DePIN State

Inspiration: Going Off(Line) an offering of IRL events

(new/changes in bold)

Oct 17-19,ETHSofia Conference & Hackathon
Nov 7-9, DeFi Security Summit Bangkok
Nov 11, Ethereum Cypherpunk Congress Bangkok
Nov 11, Parallel Society Congress Bangkok
Nov 13, Women in web3Privacy Side Event Bangkok
Nov 12-15, devcon Bangkok

Saucy Quote 🥫

"Privacy is necessary for an open society in the electronic age. Privacy is not secrecy. A private matter is something one doesn’t want the whole world to know, but a secret matter is something one doesn’t want anybody to know. Privacy is the power to selectively reveal oneself to the world." Eric Hughes

Until next week - and let's make privacy sexy again.

curator: Alina

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Post preview	Weekly newsletter with round-up of the most important news happening around privacy in Web3. This edition covers period Jul 22 - Jul 28, 2024.
Content (HTML)	<!-- ### Insights ### Knowledge ### Inspiration ### Inspiration: Going On(Line) an offering of media from the web ### Inspiration: Going Off(Line) an offering of IRL events ### Saucy Advice --> <hr> <p>hello and welcome!</p> <p>this week we would like to give a spotlight to projects that won our bounty at <a href="https://x.com/ETHRome">ETHRome</a>. </p> <blockquote> <p><a href="https://taikai.network/ethrome/hackathons/ethrome-24/projects/cm1v7swd803l4148w0xs03day/idea">SafeBlow</a> 🛟 helps whistleblowers send their whistles securely, privately, and quickly, by enabling the verification of reports without storing individual identities, utilizing a proof-of-personhood solution through TLS Verification, and implementing a client hash identifier to separate identifying data from report content.</p> </blockquote> <blockquote> <p><a href="https://taikai.network/ethrome/hackathons/ethrome-24/projects/cm1wpmq58000qh12dw418ownw/idea">Fischietto</a> 🤫 is a privacy-centric whistleblowing platform using Aztec ZKPs and Fhenix encrypted data storage to ensure anonymous, secure, and verifiable reporting of workplace issues.</p> </blockquote> <blockquote> <p><a href="https://taikai.network/ethrome/hackathons/ethrome-24/projects/cm1vw2ahy03o8148whytxec1k/idea">Vox</a> 🗯️ is a private, secure and sybil-resistant petition platform. Citizens can fight the status-quo without fear of repercussion. Each signature is sure to come from a unique citizen.</p> </blockquote> <blockquote> <p><a href="https://taikai.network/ethrome/hackathons/ethrome-24/projects/cm1wr1y8t0021h12dolec3083/idea">SHIELD SPACE</a> 🛡️ is a secure platform for sensitive communities hosting private, confidential events, ensuring participant privacy and data protection.</p> </blockquote> <blockquote> <p><a href="https://taikai.network/ethrome/hackathons/ethrome-24/projects/cm1x7zptj00bmu886s6e6wdoh/idea">ZKSnitch</a> 👀 is a decentralized whistleblowing platform with end to end encrypted submission sharing.</p> </blockquote> <p>also, in case you've been out of the loop - we have launched the <a href="https://absorbing-diagram-66b.notion.site/Privacy-Builder-Pack-2cae5f1e195c4970b4eb41a14d3f4bde">Privacy Builder Pack</a> to empower devs moving beyond one-off projects and build privacy-1st applications that can address real-world problems and thrive in the long run.</p> <hr> <h3>Insights</h3> <ul> <li>Namada <a href="https://www.npmjs.com/package/%5B@heliaxdev%5D(https://twitter.com/heliaxdev)/namada-sdk">initial release of the Namada js sdk is now available on npm</a></li> <li>Kontos <a href="https://x.com/Kontosio/status/1844979521113686497">V2 Phase 2 Upgrade</a></li> <li>ANS <a href="https://aleonames.id/">ANS Public Registration is now open</a></li> <li>Secret Network <a href="https://scrt.network/blog/decc-for-solana/">integration of Secret’s Confidential Computing Layer with Solana</a></li> <li>Codex <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/press-releases/codex-testnet-launch-ramps-up-decentralised-data-storage-with-democratisation-and-incentivisation">Codex testnet launch ramps up decentralised data storage with democratisation and durability guarantees</a></li> </ul> <hr> <h3>Knowledge</h3> <ul> <li>Veritas Protocol <a href="https://www.veritasprotocol.com/blog/the-benefits-of-real-time-blockchain-monitoring-for-security">The Benefits of Real-Time Blockchain Monitoring for Security</a></li> <li>EFF <a href="https://ssd.eff.org/module/how-to-detect-bluetooth-trackers">How to: Detect Bluetooth Trackers</a></li> <li>Privado.iD <a href="https://www.privado.id/blog/reclaiming-trust-in-the-age-of-ai">Reclaiming Trust in the Age of AI: Private Proofs of Uniqueness and Digital Reputation</a></li> <li>IET <a href="https://ietresearch.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1049/htl2.12092">A secure blockchain framework for healthcare records management systems</a></li> <li>Cointelegraph <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/blockchain-fixes-misuse-biometric-data-privado-id-founder">Blockchain fixes misuse of biometric data — Privado ID founder</a></li> <li>Prof Aggelos Kiayias <a href="https://iohk.io/en/blog/posts/2024/10/11/the-11-blockchain-tenets-towards-a-blockchain-bill-of-rights/">The 11 blockchain tenets: towards a blockchain bill of rights</a></li> <li>Kewbit's Privacy Blog <a href="https://kewbit.org/understanding-jamtis-a-new-address-format-for-monero/">Understanding Jamtis: A New Addressing Scheme for Monero</a></li> <li>Naomi Brockwell <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T32XfRSaC0w">Why I use disappearing messages</a></li> <li>Cryptology ePrint Archive <a href="https://eprint.iacr.org/2024/1647">Curve Forests: Transparent Zero-Knowledge Set Membership with Batching and Strong Security</a></li> <li>Cryptology ePrint Archive <a href="https://eprint.iacr.org/2024/1608">Mild Asymmetric Message Franking: Illegal-Messages-Only and Retrospective Content Moderation</a></li> <li>Cryptology ePrint Archive <a href="https://eprint.iacr.org/2024/1588">A Note on ``Privacy-Preserving and Secure Cloud Computing: A Case of Large-Scale Nonlinear Programming''</a></li> <li>Cryptology ePrint Archive <a href="https://eprint.iacr.org/2024/1579">Re-visiting Authorized Private Set Intersection: A New Privacy-Preserving Variant and Two Protocols</a></li> <li>Cryptology ePrint Archive <a href="https://eprint.iacr.org/2024/1561">FLUENT: A Tool for Efficient Mixed-Protocol Semi-Private Function Evaluation</a></li> <li>Cryptology ePrint Archive <a href="https://eprint.iacr.org/2024/1558">Understanding Leakage in Searchable Encryption: a Quantitative Approach</a></li> </ul> <hr> <h3>Inspiration: Going On(Line) an offering of media from the web</h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qJBFGXdah4">Mastering MPC & Memes with Mikerah</a> Zero Knowledge Podcast</li> <li><a href="https://x.com/RAILGUN_Project/status/1844362272430514228">Shieldy & The Brain - Exploring ETH Privacy with RAILGUN</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnJTYSsnBc8">How Web3 Privacy Will Revolutionize DeFi</a> Chainalysis</li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zU93_sCtitY&t=1253s">Privacy in Focus: An interview with Aaron Day from the Daylight Freedom Foundation</a> Firo</li> <li><a href="https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1dRJZdXjdXAKB">Privacy as a part of Cardano's "bill of rights"</a> Charles Hoskinson</li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSg_lzFt09k">Product Keynote: Arcium Yannik Schrade</a> Breakpoint 2024</li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57L7Pr7gTgo">David Burkett on MWEB & Privacy</a> Bitcoin Takeover</li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8aNWuBNnik">Liam Eagen, Robin Linus & Jonas Nick on Shielded Client Side Validation</a> Bitcoin Takeover</li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFbx-3pPVjU">10 Privacy Tools I Can’t Live Without</a> Techlore</li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYeeGQgCuw4">Is Browsing in Google’s Incognito Mode Private?</a> Proton</li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbxHXynDPBg">Will Codex Replace Google Drive?</a> DePIN State</li> </ul> <hr> <h3>Inspiration: Going Off(Line) an offering of IRL events</h3> <p><em>(new/changes in <strong>bold</strong>)</em></p> <ul> <li>Oct 17-19,<a href="https://www.ethsofia.com/">ETHSofia Conference & Hackathon</a></li> <li>Nov 7-9, <a href="https://defisecuritysummit.org/">DeFi Security Summit</a> Bangkok</li> <li>Nov 11, <a href="https://congress.web3privacy.info/">Ethereum Cypherpunk Congress</a> Bangkok</li> <li>Nov 11, <a href="https://psc.logos.co/">Parallel Society Congress</a> Bangkok</li> <li>Nov 13, <a href="https://lu.ma/jgpu1m09">Women in web3Privacy Side Event</a> Bangkok</li> <li>Nov 12-15, <a href="https://devcon.org/en/">devcon</a> Bangkok</li> </ul> <h3>Saucy Quote 🥫</h3> <p>"Privacy is necessary for an open society in the electronic age. Privacy is not secrecy. A private matter is something one doesn’t want the whole world to know, but a secret matter is something one doesn’t want anybody to know. Privacy is the power to selectively reveal oneself to the world." Eric Hughes</p> <p>Until next week - and let's make privacy sexy again. </p> <hr> <h2>curator: Alina</h2>
Content (Markdown)	<!-- ### Insights ### Knowledge ### Inspiration ### Inspiration: Going On(Line) an offering of media from the web ### Inspiration: Going Off(Line) an offering of IRL events ### Saucy Advice --> --- hello and welcome! this week we would like to give a spotlight to projects that won our bounty at [ETHRome](https://x.com/ETHRome). > [SafeBlow](https://taikai.network/ethrome/hackathons/ethrome-24/projects/cm1v7swd803l4148w0xs03day/idea) 🛟 helps whistleblowers send their whistles securely, privately, and quickly, by enabling the verification of reports without storing individual identities, utilizing a proof-of-personhood solution through TLS Verification, and implementing a client hash identifier to separate identifying data from report content. > [Fischietto](https://taikai.network/ethrome/hackathons/ethrome-24/projects/cm1wpmq58000qh12dw418ownw/idea) 🤫 is a privacy-centric whistleblowing platform using Aztec ZKPs and Fhenix encrypted data storage to ensure anonymous, secure, and verifiable reporting of workplace issues. > [Vox](https://taikai.network/ethrome/hackathons/ethrome-24/projects/cm1vw2ahy03o8148whytxec1k/idea) 🗯️ is a private, secure and sybil-resistant petition platform. Citizens can fight the status-quo without fear of repercussion. Each signature is sure to come from a unique citizen. > [SHIELD SPACE](https://taikai.network/ethrome/hackathons/ethrome-24/projects/cm1wr1y8t0021h12dolec3083/idea) 🛡️ is a secure platform for sensitive communities hosting private, confidential events, ensuring participant privacy and data protection. > [ZKSnitch](https://taikai.network/ethrome/hackathons/ethrome-24/projects/cm1x7zptj00bmu886s6e6wdoh/idea) 👀 is a decentralized whistleblowing platform with end to end encrypted submission sharing. also, in case you've been out of the loop - we have launched the [Privacy Builder Pack](https://absorbing-diagram-66b.notion.site/Privacy-Builder-Pack-2cae5f1e195c4970b4eb41a14d3f4bde) to empower devs moving beyond one-off projects and build privacy-1st applications that can address real-world problems and thrive in the long run. --- ### Insights - Namada [initial release of the Namada js sdk is now available on npm](https://www.npmjs.com/package/[@heliaxdev](https://twitter.com/heliaxdev)/namada-sdk) - Kontos [V2 Phase 2 Upgrade](https://x.com/Kontosio/status/1844979521113686497) - ANS [ANS Public Registration is now open](https://aleonames.id/) - Secret Network [integration of Secret’s Confidential Computing Layer with Solana](https://scrt.network/blog/decc-for-solana/) - Codex [Codex testnet launch ramps up decentralised data storage with democratisation and durability guarantees](https://cointelegraph.com/press-releases/codex-testnet-launch-ramps-up-decentralised-data-storage-with-democratisation-and-incentivisation) --- ### Knowledge - Veritas Protocol [The Benefits of Real-Time Blockchain Monitoring for Security](https://www.veritasprotocol.com/blog/the-benefits-of-real-time-blockchain-monitoring-for-security) - EFF [How to: Detect Bluetooth Trackers](https://ssd.eff.org/module/how-to-detect-bluetooth-trackers) - Privado.iD [Reclaiming Trust in the Age of AI: Private Proofs of Uniqueness and Digital Reputation](https://www.privado.id/blog/reclaiming-trust-in-the-age-of-ai) - IET [A secure blockchain framework for healthcare records management systems](https://ietresearch.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1049/htl2.12092) - Cointelegraph [Blockchain fixes misuse of biometric data — Privado ID founder](https://cointelegraph.com/news/blockchain-fixes-misuse-biometric-data-privado-id-founder) - Prof Aggelos Kiayias [The 11 blockchain tenets: towards a blockchain bill of rights](https://iohk.io/en/blog/posts/2024/10/11/the-11-blockchain-tenets-towards-a-blockchain-bill-of-rights/) - Kewbit's Privacy Blog [Understanding Jamtis: A New Addressing Scheme for Monero](https://kewbit.org/understanding-jamtis-a-new-address-format-for-monero/) - Naomi Brockwell [Why I use disappearing messages](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T32XfRSaC0w) - Cryptology ePrint Archive [Curve Forests: Transparent Zero-Knowledge Set Membership with Batching and Strong Security](https://eprint.iacr.org/2024/1647) - Cryptology ePrint Archive [Mild Asymmetric Message Franking: Illegal-Messages-Only and Retrospective Content Moderation](https://eprint.iacr.org/2024/1608) - Cryptology ePrint Archive [A Note on ``Privacy-Preserving and Secure Cloud Computing: A Case of Large-Scale Nonlinear Programming''](https://eprint.iacr.org/2024/1588) - Cryptology ePrint Archive [Re-visiting Authorized Private Set Intersection: A New Privacy-Preserving Variant and Two Protocols](https://eprint.iacr.org/2024/1579) - Cryptology ePrint Archive [FLUENT: A Tool for Efficient Mixed-Protocol Semi-Private Function Evaluation](https://eprint.iacr.org/2024/1561) - Cryptology ePrint Archive [Understanding Leakage in Searchable Encryption: a Quantitative Approach](https://eprint.iacr.org/2024/1558) --- ### Inspiration: Going On(Line) an offering of media from the web - [Mastering MPC & Memes with Mikerah](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qJBFGXdah4) Zero Knowledge Podcast - [Shieldy & The Brain - Exploring ETH Privacy with RAILGUN](https://x.com/RAILGUN_Project/status/1844362272430514228) - [How Web3 Privacy Will Revolutionize DeFi](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnJTYSsnBc8) Chainalysis - [Privacy in Focus: An interview with Aaron Day from the Daylight Freedom Foundation](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zU93_sCtitY&t=1253s) Firo - [Privacy as a part of Cardano's "bill of rights"](https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1dRJZdXjdXAKB) Charles Hoskinson - [Product Keynote: Arcium Yannik Schrade](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSg_lzFt09k) Breakpoint 2024 - [David Burkett on MWEB & Privacy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57L7Pr7gTgo) Bitcoin Takeover - [Liam Eagen, Robin Linus & Jonas Nick on Shielded Client Side Validation](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8aNWuBNnik) Bitcoin Takeover - [10 Privacy Tools I Can’t Live Without](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFbx-3pPVjU) Techlore - [Is Browsing in Google’s Incognito Mode Private?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYeeGQgCuw4) Proton - [Will Codex Replace Google Drive?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbxHXynDPBg) DePIN State --- ### Inspiration: Going Off(Line) an offering of IRL events (new/changes in bold) * Oct 17-19,[ETHSofia Conference & Hackathon](https://www.ethsofia.com/) * Nov 7-9, [DeFi Security Summit](https://defisecuritysummit.org/) Bangkok * Nov 11, [Ethereum Cypherpunk Congress](https://congress.web3privacy.info/) Bangkok * Nov 11, [Parallel Society Congress](https://psc.logos.co/) Bangkok * Nov 13, [Women in web3Privacy Side Event](https://lu.ma/jgpu1m09) Bangkok * Nov 12-15, [devcon](https://devcon.org/en/) Bangkok ### Saucy Quote 🥫 "Privacy is necessary for an open society in the electronic age. Privacy is not secrecy. A private matter is something one doesn’t want the whole world to know, but a secret matter is something one doesn’t want anybody to know. Privacy is the power to selectively reveal oneself to the world." Eric Hughes Until next week - and let's make privacy sexy again. --- curator: Alina ---
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