Latest Talks & Videos

Join Amir Taaki, Jaromil, and Vecna as they examine the 40-year legacy of free software and its profound impact on society. This engaging panel discusses how open-source principles have shaped digital freedoms and considers the challenges and future of a truly free digital world. (2024-11-13)

What motivates us to do what we do? How do we find meaning in doing it? What makes us choose what we choose? Can we do better? What is important? Can we thrive and feel excellent, regardless of particular outcomes? (2024-11-12)

When writing Bitcoin applications, developers often use test networks to make sure it's working correctly. The general public doesn't know that they even exist though they could find them valuable. The goal of this talk is to spread awareness of test networks, their value beyond development and basics of their use. (2024-11-12)

Crypto was built on a web of trust by like-minded nerds. Today, we don't recognize the field anymore: it's been coopted by lizard-brains and their zero-sum money games. Those not coopted by toxic memes still remember why we started out together. Our mission is not yet fulfilled, the promised land has not yet been reached, all in spite of the positive propaganda eminating from the new "fintech elit.. (2024-11-12)

Every day we make decisions but what good are choices if we can't access all our options? We may feel empowered by believing we've made choices based on our desires and identity, but in reality, most choices are limited by design. Whether it's choosing between a Samsung or an iPhone, using Twitter or Telegram, or preferring Apple over Microsoft, these choices are illusions. (2024-11-12)

Michael does his yearly wrap-up of the pulse of the community. (2024-11-12)

Thanks to the Internet, humanity is changing. I want to take you on a journey to understand this change, what types of crowds exist, and how to work with them to change a centralized system (like our current one). Then, I will switch to the FOSS world to see what good YOU can do on a big scale for humankind. (2024-11-12)

The internet is broken. We want free stuff, so we are the product. The datacenters are not free. Our identities, our social graphs, our channels and often our revenue are either owned or passed through intermediaries, who can flip the switch - and we're gone. There are ways to take our online lives back, but it needs a bit of a cypherpunk mindset, and willingness to experiment. Reticulum is a low-.. (2024-11-12)

Phone numbers are as retro today as FAX or disco parties. But what can be done with them in an age where people other than hipsters or steampunkers use them? (2024-11-12)

The workshop is for EU citizens and aims to explain how it is possible to live a comfortable life as a digital crypto nomad, thanks to your favorite crypto, anywhere in the world, including Europe: (2024-11-12)

If there was any doubt before, the COVID-19 pandemic made it clear: digital life is real life. Our lives exist on the Web no less than they do on the streets. But while the streets are governed by the state, the Internet lacks a formal governing body. (2024-11-12)

The US Government is on the verge to declare self-custodial ownership of Bitcoin a felony. With the latest Tornado Cash and Samourai Wallet arrests, the government wants to force down overly broad and exceeding laws that it pulls out of its rear end constantly, claiming everything is now a EMESSBEE, therefore VASPs are coming to your Frying Pan and you will need a license for that. Samourai Wallet.. (2024-11-12)

At HCPP19, Travin Keith spoke about the broken and dehumanizing immigration systems around the world through his first-had experience as well as some relevant data uncovered as he tried to find a new home in the world. Now, 5 years later and having gained a new passport, among other things, he has solved many problems, encountered new ones, and deals with some of the same ones he had before. Howev.. (2024-11-12)

This talk explores cutting-edge privacy technologies emerging in response to worldwide digital surveillance and control. Starting with China's digital landscape, we'll expand to examine global challenges and solutions in the fight for online privacy and free speech. (2024-11-12)

Web3 and Social Justice: Hacktivism in the #crypto Era and Beyond (2024-10-27)

Web3Privacy Now is a think-and-Do-tank of hundreds of people, projects, and organizations committed to protecting and advancing civil liberties, decentralization, and open-source software. (2024-10-27)

Surveillance as a Social Disorder (2024-10-27)

The Price of Privacy (2024-10-27)

Empowering Collective Change from the Ground Up (2024-10-27)

Reimagining Democracy: Reducing Polarization, Enhancing Political Participation, and Promoting Prosperity (2024-10-27)

Insights from My Hacktivism Journey: Exploring Tor, Crypto, VPNs, and Defeating Censorship (2024-10-27)

A short video on how you can easily edit your or your favourite project on explorer.web3privacy.info (2024-10-09)

A short video on how you can easily add your or your favourite project through our new editor on explorer.web3privacy.info (2024-10-09)

Short from the talk "We Need More Crypto Collectives". (2024-09-02)

Cryptography rearranges power: it configures who can do what, from what. This makes cryptography an inherently political tool, and it confers on the field an intrinsically moral dimension. The Snowden revelations motivate a reassessment of the political and moral positioning of cryptography. They lead one to ask if our inability to effectively address mass surveillance constitutes a failure of our.. (2024-08-29)