Week 04/2026
Jan 26 - Feb 1, 2026
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
Insights
- Guide to using Ollama Launch
- UK's parliament votes for ban of VPN for underage people
- Microsoft gives FBI a set of BitLocker encryption keys
- Nym network opens ports for WhatsApp calls, Session Messenger, and SMTP
- Learn how to implement Clawdbot into Brave Search API
Knowledge
- Check a Crypto-graveyard: website for failed web3 projects, created by @param_eth
- Quantum computing and blockchains: Matching urgency to actual threats by a16z crypto
- Vlad Costea On Bitcoin Maximalism, and Dogmatically Losing the Currency and Platform Network Effects
- 1Password introduces new built-in phishing protection to fight AI scams
- Proton advises how to approach the new ads in ChatGPT
Inspiration: Going On(Line) an offering of media from the web
- Privacy Is Power: Oxford Philosopher on Big Tech, Democracy & AI Ethics
- Three Privacy Fixes Most People Never Make by Naomi Brockwell
- Take our own Web3 Privacy Now courses through our Academy
Inspiration: Going Off(Line) an offering of IRL events
(new/changes in bold)
- Jan 31 - Feb 1 - FOSDEM 2026 Brussels
- Feb 5–6, - Digital Assets Forum - London, UK
- Feb 12-15 - MONEROTOPIA 2026 Mexico City
- Feb 17–21 - ETHDenver - Denver, Colorado
- Mar 6-7 - Logos Network's Parallel Society Lisabon
- Mar 1–2 - Crypto Expo Europe - Bucharest, Romania
- Apr 15–16 - Paris Blockchain Week - Paris, France
- May 5-8 - RightsCon Zambia
- May 8-10 - ETHPrague Prague
- Jun 16-17 - Dapcon 26 Berlin