This is a research project aimed at bridging the gap between local privacy violations x events the community is doing (meetups, summits, congresses & hackathons).
It's part of the "social layer" activity fostering political awareness among developers so that they will tackle local & not just global issues.
Case scenario: web3 hackathon landing in the new city; our goal - introduce local-specific privacy stories, so developers can try to solve them (censorship resistance in Turkey, journalist leaks in Mexico, safe communication within occupied territories in Ukraine).
Template for the data collection
| Name | Description | Type of privacy | Threat actors | Negative impact |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Racial profiling while renting | "Berlin (and Germany in general) have a massive problem of racism in housing" | visual profiling | individuals | less renting opportunities, hostility & social disturbance |
Bet&Bed case hacked at ETHBerlin: GitHub
We will commit to aggregate local use-cases prior to two events:
- Web3privacy now meetup x ETHRome, 3 Oct link
- Ethereum Cypherpunk Congress x Devcon (Bangkok), 11 Nov: limk
note: privacy cases will be managed by local representatives - this will ensure accuracy within cases aggregation.
Previous work: The Ukrainian-Russian war privacy cases for Zcash Foundation research