Good Monday, friends of privacy!

This week we track the escalating battle for digital privacy, from VPN raids and Signal account attacks to Apple’s Lockdown Mode blocking law enforcement access. Great way how to maintain one's privacy is the default using of VPNs and this is great opportunity to use the Beta of Tor VPN, our Tool of the week.

Tool of the week

• Test Beta version of Tor VPN

Insights

• INTMAX will withdraw assets in L2
• Windscribe VPN says they have been raided by Dutch authorities, who seized their server
• Germany's Federal Office warns of attacks on Signal accounts of high-profile figures
• 'Moltbook' social media site for AI agents exposed private data of over 6,000 users
• Apple’s Lockdown mode keeps the FBI out of a reporter's phone

Knowledge

• Surveiilance Self Defense - Security Starter Pack by EFF
• This one owns itself - 10 year old short story by Josh Stark, practically foreseeing trustless agents
• For more about trustless agents - ERC-8004
• Tips for security start-uppers from Proton and Gary Power
• Taiwan's strategic leap into AI: Enacting the AI Basic Act to foster innovation, governance

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

• Nine to Noon podcast with Audrey Tang
• Naomi Brockwell talking about why she doesnt link her Signal to her computer
• Take our own Web3 Privacy Now courses through our Academy

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

(new/changes in bold)

• Feb 12-15 - MONEROTOPIA 2026 Mexico City
• Feb 13-15 - EthBoulder 2026 Boulder, Colorado
• Feb 16 - [Ethereum Privacy Gathering] Denver, Colorado
• 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, Czech Republic
• Jun 16-17 - Dapcon 26 Berlin, Germany
• Jun 18-19 - Web3 Summit Berlin, Germany
• Nov 2 - Ethereum Cypherpunk Congress #3 Mumbai, India