# Cosy Corner of Privacy 

> Week 9, February 25 2025

**Published by:** [#w3pnews](https://paragraph.com/@w3pnews/)
**Published on:** 2025-02-25
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## Content

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.InsightsCornered by the UK’s Demand for an Encryption Backdoor, Apple Turns Off Its Strongest Security SettingCardiff Puts up a Live Facial Recognition Surveillance ZoneEuropean Central Bank to Create a Blockchain-Based Payment SystemBrave VPN UpdatesPortrait Launches Decentralised Micro-websitesKnowledgeInternet Shutdowns in 2024EFF: Saving the Internet in EuropeEFF: Building a Community Privacy PlanCritics say new Google rules put profits over privacyAI Poses Profound Privacy RisksNomos’ Cryptarchia: Improving on Ouroboros CrypsinousOn Quantum Money and Evasive ObfuscationWhy We Can't Build Perfectly Secure Multi-Party Applications (yet)Inspiration: Going On(Line) an offering of media from the webThe Logic of Dark NetworksRegulatory Landscape for AI in EuropeCan Blockchain Truly be Private?Namada SagaInspiration: Going Off(Line) an offering of IRL events(new/changes in bold)Feb 15 - March 1, ZK Village Denver, USAFeb 23 - March 1, ETHDenverApril 2-5 - ETHBucharestMay 9-11 – ETHDam AmsterdamMay 27-29 – ETHPragueJun 3-8 – ETHBelgradeJun 12-13 – Protocol Berg BerlinAlina xxcurator: Alina

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