# Annual Privacy Tech Poll: longlist update

**Published by:** [Web3Privacy Now](https://paragraph.com/@web3privacy-now/)
**Published on:** 2024-01-06
**URL:** https://paragraph.com/@web3privacy-now/annual-privacy-tech-poll-longlist-update

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70+ privacy enthusiasts from DarkFi, Nym, Ethereum, HOPR, Railgun_ to independent developers, security engineers & researchers participated in our #2023privacyproof selection of the best pro-privacy projects, key news, innovation & anti-privacy doxxers. You can contribute too till 15 Jan, 24. How? Read instructions here: link Want to contribute with your selection? DM us on X or Matrix Longlist Pro-privacy project/product of 2023 total: 27 projects Waku Brume Wallet ZKP2P Web3 Privacy Now Railgun_ Skiff Trocador Nym Signal LunarDAO DarkFi Raspi 5 Messier LXMF (Reticulum) NitroWall NW750 Molly Secret Network HOPR Penumbra Logos RPCh Brave Zupass GrapheneOS BananaHackers.net Wallace Toolbox IMEI changer Anon Aadhar Contribution examples: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Major news or event total: 42 news & events Project or protocol-related: 13 news KZG Ceremony Signal support for usernames Ledger SIM swap attack Ethereum nodes censoring transactions from OFAC lists Tornado Cash still working - the power of distributed frontends Namada RPGF Airdrop Zcash Orchard to MIT Metamask IP logging Various Ledger issues (SIM Swap / Ledger Connect NPM attack / Firmware upgrade = mnemonic exposure) Monero switching to full anonymity set membership proofs OpenAI violating privacy NFT can actually doxx Validators censoring blocks & RPCs logging IP Regulators-related news: 22 news DeFi Education Fund @fund_defi DEF is proud to support the industry by filing amicus briefs in precedent-setting cases, such as Harper v. IRS, which involves a John Doe subpoena to Coinbase that resulted in over 14,000 users’ private financial information being sent to the IRS. Our CLO @amandatums breaks down Amanda Tuminelli @amandatums Today, @fund_DeFi submitted an amicus brief in the Harper v. IRS appeal (pending in the 1st Cir) to ensure the court understands the unique Fourth Amendment concerns in allowing the government unfettered access to US citizen’s crypto tx history. 18 11:48 AM • Oct 20, 2023 KYC being enforced on Bitcoin miners Tornado Devs Arrested Meta / Facebook products rolling out e2ee for their apps the European Union Artificial Intelligence Act CoinCenter lawsuit challenging Tornado Cash ruling is dismissed The proposal of the Digital Asset Anti-Money Laundering Act in Congress by Elizabeth Warren EU's MiCa rules for un-hosted wallets UK's FATF Crypto Travel Rule Changes on X/ Twitter Record-level health data leak from NZ Do-Not-Track is back on track! The introduction of new compliance regulations for cryptocurrency mixers Alex Perchev's release via Bail in April 2023 and his trial Tornado Cash contract put on OFAC GDPR expansion to US companies collecting data of EU citizens to comply regardless of their location. The overall rise of privacy-focused projects as well as general public awareness DoJ vs. Tornado Cash Countries start banning Worldcoin iris scanning over privacy concerns and predatory practices in the global south. Billions of Intel processors (i.e. most your devices and the Internet) have a critical weakness allowing attackers to steal passwords, encryption keys, private data, etc. Advances in Financial Technologies 2023 @ Princeton University Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands data breach Events: 8 events ETHDam 2023 Ephemeral_001 by Black Sky Society The ETHRome hackathon The Web3Privacy Now conference in Rome Monerotopia in Mexico City and Prague EthBrno cancelled So many Web3 privacy-focused hackathons in 2023 (W3PN note: count as 1 selection) The most exciting innovation supporting privacy total: 51 projects & papers Paper or research: 36 Blockchain Privacy and Regulatory Compliance: Towards a Practical Equilibrium Testudo: Linear Time Prover SNARKs with Constant Size Proofs and Square Root Size Universal Setup zkEVM Fully homomorphic encryption Universal Privacy Alliance lobbying group formation Unstoppable Wallets: Chain-assisted Threshold ECDSA and its Applications paper Zero-Knowledge Machine Learning (zkML) Hardware acceleration progress (e.g. Ingoyama's FPGA work) Homomorphic Encryption applications (e.g. Zama's fhEVM) DarkFi’ Anonymous DAOs Intents x Anoma Proxy re-encryption Condition-based encryption Discop: Provably Secure Steganography in Practice Based on "Distribution Copies" TagAlong: A Free, Wide-Area Data-Muling Service Built on the AirTag Protocol Unlocking the lookup singularity with Lasso Zero-knowledge proofs Website fingerprinting attacks on Tor, using ML Development of a framework for making private cryptocurrency transactions compliant to reduce liquidity risks for users Implementation of advanced encryption protocols in private messaging apps Many elements of DarkFi beyond the L1 anon smart contracts: darkirc, tau and general holistic approach Fhenix fhEVM http://privacypools.com + proof-of-innocence Fabian Schär @fschaer Excited to announce that our new paper on #tornadocash and #blockchain privacy, will be published by the @stlouisfed Review! This is joint-work with @mat_nadler. Pre-print online: research.stlouisfed.org/publications/r… 153 1:19 PM • Feb 3, 2023 Cyclefold paper ZK-email product Aztec Sandbox Privacy-enhanced PoS' Derecho (proof-carrying data) EIP-7503 Helios CoFi by Informal Systems Nova IVC ECIP (by Liam Eagen) KZG Ceremony Federated ecash mints Projects: 14 TLS Notary Zmok.io Zupass Nocturne Project Shutter Logos zkp2p Hopr Brume Wallet Silk stablecoin Skiff Alephium Lora protocol (LXMF) Chaumian ecash projects like Cashu and Fedimint Coinjoin in Bitcoin Trezor Doxxer of the year Any project, person, or organisation that sought to reduce privacy within the space. total: 21 projects & regulators Private company: 12 Ledger Friend.Tech WalletConnect Arkham PimEyes MetaMask ATOR "Messier," for their Team KYC certificate through SolidProof Uniswap frontend MOVEit Data breach Worldcoin OpenAI Public figure or a regulator: 9 Ursula von der Leyen Eric Wall | BIP-444 @ercwl there's now officially a situation in sweden this monday, a middle-aged swedish couple was tied up in their home and robbed by 4 masked men. they were physically abused and threatened with their own kitchen knives. they were tied up for hours and one had to be escorted to the 3,527 3:50 PM • Nov 8, 2023 Stefan Berger & the EU Parliament (MiCA) HMRC Machi big brother doxing zachxbt Limone.eth with the bot for points sellers Kid Security The US SEC The USA & EU All governments (W3PN note: count as one selection here) Disclaimer: #2023privacyproof doesn’t represent an accurate “voice” of the market, but serves to highlight a plurality of takes on privacy. Explore projects, news & and anti-privacy services within a personal quest for privacy. Want to contribute with your selection? DM us on X or Matrix

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