Local-first privacy cases
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 |
Test phase
We will commit to aggregate local use-cases prior to two events:
- Web3privacy now meetup x ETHRome, 3 Oct event link
- Ethereum Cypherpunk Congress x Devcon (Bangkok), 11 Nov: event link
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
Dedicated repository for all the privacy cases can be found here: https://github.com/web3privacy/privacycases
