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Week in the Privacy News 2026-29
Good Monday, friends of privacy! Another round of privacy news is here. From LineageOS adding flashing tool for older Android to insightful essays from The Politics of Privacy or unfolding development
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Good Monday, friends of privacy!
Another round of privacy news is here. From LineageOS adding flashing tool for older Android to insightful essays from The Politics of Privacy or unfolding development of EU Chat Control, we have you covered. And since we believe you care about chat privacy th same way as we do, check this Tool of the week.
Secure Messengers comparison - dashboard that lets you choose the best encrypted and private messengers apps based on your usecases.
Tool of the week
Insights
- European Parliament revives rules allowing tech companies to scan private messages for CSAM
- Meta automatically enrolls public Instagram accounts in AI image generation
- Apple’s Hide My Email flaw exposed users’ real email addresses
- Research uncovers widespread privacy risks in Web3 browser-extension wallets
- Leaked San Francisco police drone footage reveals the scale of urban surveillance
Knowledge
- LineageOS adds a browser-based flashing tool for older Android devices
- Sony reportedly plans to stop producing physical PlayStation games in 2028
- Safe CEO Rahul Rumalla shares his thoughts on multisigs at DappCon 2026
- Proton explains how TruthFinder works and whether it can be trusted
Inspiration: Going On(Line) an offering of media from the web
- Get the book The Politics of Privacy: Autonomy and Power in the Digital Age
- Check the State of Decentralised Privacy report
- Watch talks from Neocypherpunk Summit 2026
- Check out the W3PN Academy Shorts
- Take our new Academy Course - ZK for not tech, done in collaboration with Oskarth
- Web3 Privacy Now courses in our Academy
Inspiration: Going Off(Line) an offering of IRL events
*(new/changes in **bold**)*
- Jul 23–26 - ETHGlobal Lisbon - Lisbon, Portugal
- Aug 14–16 - HOPE (Hackers on Planet Earth) - New York, USA
- Aug 26–27 - ETH Belgrade - Belgrade, Serbia
- Sep 13–15 - ETHTaipei - Taipei, Taiwan
- Sep 15–16 - European Blockchain Convention - Barcelona, Spain
- Sep 19–27 - ETHTokyo - Tokyo, Japan
- Nov 2 - Ethereum Cypherpunk Congress #3 - Mumbai, India