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 importance of privacy. And slowly, and then all at once, we will embrace a new era where privacy is no longer a luxury or an afterthought. It's a demand.

Insights

• Cornered by the UK’s Demand for an Encryption Backdoor, Apple Turns Off Its Strongest Security Setting
• Cardiff Puts up a Live Facial Recognition Surveillance Zone
• European Central Bank to Create a Blockchain-Based Payment System
• Brave VPN Updates
• Portrait Launches Decentralised Micro-websites

Knowledge

• Internet Shutdowns in 2024
• EFF: Saving the Internet in Europe
• EFF: Building a Community Privacy Plan
• Critics say new Google rules put profits over privacy
• AI Poses Profound Privacy Risks
• Nomos’ Cryptarchia: Improving on Ouroboros Crypsinous
• On Quantum Money and Evasive Obfuscation
• Why We Can't Build Perfectly Secure Multi-Party Applications (yet)

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

• The Logic of Dark Networks
• Regulatory Landscape for AI in Europe
• Can Blockchain Truly be Private?
• Namada Saga

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

(new/changes in bold)

• Feb 15 - March 1, ZK Village Denver, USA
• Feb 23 - March 1, ETHDenver
• April 2-5 - ETHBucharest
• May 9-11 – ETHDam Amsterdam
• May 27-29 – ETHPrague
• Jun 3-8 – ETHBelgrade
• Jun 12-13 – Protocol Berg Berlin

Sauce 🥫

Alina xx

curator: Alina