Mozilla deletes promise not to sell Firefox users’ data
The hits just keep on coming. Mozilla not only changed its Privacy Notice and introduced a Terms of Use for Firefox for the first time with some pretty onerous terms, they also removed a rather specific question and answer pair from their page with frequently asked questions about Firefox, as discovered by David Gerard. The following question and answer were removed: Does Firefox sell your personal data? Nope. Never have, … ⌘ Read more
Walletverse submits CCS proposal to integrate Monero into their ‘community-driven crypto wallet’
The Walletverse 1 team has submitted a CCS proposal2 looking to integrate Monero into their community-driven crypto wallet 3:
This integration will enhance the privacy and functionality of the Walletverse wallet and contribute to the wider adoption of Monero by making it more accessible.
Total funding: 135 XMR.
ETA: 3+ months.
- M1: Core Moner … ⌘ Read more
Mozilla is going to collect a lot more data from Firefox users
I guess my praise for Mozilla’s and Firefox’ continued support for Manifest v2 had to be balanced out by Mozilla doing something stupid. Mozilla just published Terms of Use for Firefox for the first time, as well as an updated Privacy Notice, that come into effect immediately and include some questionable terms. The Terms of Use state: When you upload or input information through Firefox, you hereby grant u … ⌘ Read more
Monero Observer Artistic Saturday Top 5 - Week 8, 2025
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Mozilla once again confirms it’s all about ads and “AI” now
We’ve recognized that Mozilla faces major headwinds in terms of both financial growth and mission impact. While Firefox remains the core of what we do, we also need to take steps to diversify: investing in privacy-respecting advertising to grow new revenue in the near term; developing trustworthy, open source AI to ensure technical and product relevance in the mid term; and creating online fundraising campaigns that … ⌘ Read more
Rucknium completes second milestone for statistical research CCS proposal
Rucknium1 has completed2 the second milestone for their latest CCS proposal to conduct statistical research to improve Monero’s privacy 3:
I have completed Milestone 2. [..] With @Boog900, investigated the empirical privacy impact of suspected spy nodes and organized a public campaign to urge Monero node operators to ban suspected spy nodes from connecting to their no … ⌘ Read more
Self-hosting my emails again: A few weeks in
A few weeks ago, I moved back to self-hosting my mail server after using Purelymail for three years. The decision wasn’t about cost – it’s actually more expensive to rent a VPS – but about control, security, and data locality. My mails are now hosted in Europe, giving me more confidence in their privacy, and I can configure everything exactly as I want while ensuring compliance with GDPR. ⌘ Read more
[ANN] MoneroTalk #340: Spreading Agorism with Agorist Nexus
In this episode Douglas Tuman speaks with Brandon from the Agorist Network about Agorism, cryptocurrency, and privacy-focused economic systems. Brandon explains that agorism is fundamentally about trading freely outside state control and creating voluntary societies. He discusses founding the Agorist Network and working with notable figures like Wendy McElroy.
Links:
Privacy Pass Authentication for Kagi Search
Article URL: https://blog.kagi.com/kagi-privacy-pass
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43040521
Points: 501
# Comments: 184 ⌘ Read more
[ANN] MoneroTalk #339: Monero’s Place in Policy & Regulation in 2025
This episode is a recording of an X Spaces discussion with Douglas Tuman, John Bush, Stoic.XMR, BawdyAnarchist, and others about whether or not the Monero community should engage in political activism to push for pro-privacy, pro-Monero policies in the U.S. The participants debated the merits of lobbying for regulatory clarity versus focusing purely on grassroots, opt-out strategies that avoid government intervention altogether.
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Mathieu Pasquet: XMPP Summit 27 and FOSDEM 25 Report
Here is an account of my trip to FOSDEM & XMPP Summit this year.
Note: for privacy reasons on the broader internet, I am keeping names out of
my description of the events, but my goal here is not to diminish anyone’s merit.
I use a bit of acronyms and jargon in this article because it talks about technical things,
so I will define them here:
- XMPP: eXtensible Messaging and Presence Protocol, the internet standard for
instant messaging and much more. … ⌘ Read more
Let’s Encrypt ends support for expiration notification emails
Since its inception, Let’s Encrypt has been sending expiration notification emails to subscribers that have provided an email address to us. We will be ending this service on June 4, 2025. ↫ Josh Aas on the Let’s Encrypt website They’re ending the expiration notification service because it’s costly, adds a ton of complexity to their systems, and constitutes a privacy risk because of all the email addresses the … ⌘ Read more
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Cake Wallet adds XMR/WOW passphrase restore support
Cake Labs1 has released Cake Wallet v4.23.0-RC2 with support for Zano wallets, and passphase restore for Monero and Wownero:
The latest version of Cake Wallet is now live for public beta testing here on Github as well as on Google Play (testers channel) and Apple TestFlight. This release of Cake Wallet brings support for Zano, a privacy-preserving cryptocurrency with additional alias and token functionality to Cake Wal … ⌘ Read more
antichainalysis creates Monero churner tool ‘moneroc’
antichainalysis1 has created moneroc 2 - a tool that automates the process of distributing funds between multiple XMR accounts, apparently in order to facilitate proper Monero churning:
We all know XMR churning is very controversial topic, some say churning benefits your privacy and others say it significantly harms your privacy even more. Hence why I wrote moneroc tool and this writeup to help explain why XMR churn … ⌘ Read more
Monero Observer Artistic Saturday Top 5 - Week 3, 2025
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Voice Preview Edition: Open-Source Design with Local Processing Capabilities
The Home Assistant Voice Preview Edition is an open-source voice assistant designed for integration with Home Assistant systems. It emphasizes privacy, local processing, and compatibility with smart home hardware, offering reliable performance and flexible usability. The device features dual microphones and an XMOS XU316 audio processor for advanced capabilities like echo cancellation, noise … ⌘ Read more
10 Amusing Tales of Lost and Stolen Celebrity Items
Many good things come with fame, but it is not without its downsides. Many people lose the respect that they would normally have for another person’s privacy, personal space, and possessions if that person is a celebrity. When famous people’s belongings fall into the hands of others by theft or accident, the chances of finding […]
The post [10 Amusing Tales of Lost and Stolen Celebrity Items](https://listverse.com/2025/01/07/10-am … ⌘ Read more
[ANN] Monero Hackerspace Survey: Yea or Nay
Besides providing a physical space for collaboration, learning, and creativity among like-minded individuals, a privacy-centric hackerspace could serve as an incubator for the development of Monero-related hardware. [..] Note: This is an independent new initiative not related to MoneroKon or Twister Edward z.s.
[WTS] [DE] [$200] Hardened ThinkPad T420 laptop
This hardened T420 is tailored for those prioritizing security and privacy, with critical modifications ensuring minimal attack surfaces while maintaining its functionality as a reliable workhorse.
Link: https://moneromarket.io/listing/cb5a7f96-c21b-48ff-95f8-0d0009e752af
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Rucknium discovers critical privacy vulnerability in Wownero’s decoy selection algorithm
MRL1’s Rucknium2 has discovered3 a critical privacy vulnerability in Wownero4’s decoy selection algorithm after performing a simple empirical analysis of the blockchain data.
It apparently affects the current version (0.11.2.0)5 of wownero-wallet-cli, wownero-wallet-rpc and _the majority of non-mining transactions confirmed o … ⌘ Read more
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[ANN] MRL recommendation: Ban spy node IP addresses from connecting to your node
The Monero Research Lab (MRL) has decided to recommend that all Monero node operators enable a ban list of suspected spy node IP addresses. The spy nodes can reduce the privacy of Monero users. cuprate developer Boog900 discovered these spy nodes and created an IP address ban list. Developers and researchers associated with MRL (list names) have indicated their approval of this list by signing it with their PGP keys.
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Monero Observer Artistic Saturday Top 5 - Week 49, 2024
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[ANN] Privacy and Anonymity in Monero
I have a written a blog post on how Monero uses Cryptography (ECDH, Pedersen Commitments, Schnorr Signatures, Ring Signatures etc) to add privacy & anonymity on the blockchain. I have covered most of the cryptography used except for RangeProofs (Bulletproofs) which I plan to cover later in a separate post. Do let me know if you find any mistakes or if something isn’t clear.
Link: https://risencrypto.github.io/Monero/
risensteam0 (at) protonmail (do … ⌘ Read more
[ANN] [CCS] Full-Chain Membership Proofs (FCMP) explainer video released!
Full-Chain Membership Proofs boost sender privacy by expanding the anonymity set from 16 to 100M+, eliminating vulnerabilities in ring signatures. With forward secrecy, transaction chaining, and Outgoing View Keys, Monero remains the most private and fungible cryptocurrency.
Links:
- https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=jc8Kc0WogAI
- [MO report](/vostoemisio-ccs-proposals-animated-videos-fcmps-what- … ⌘ Read more
[ANN] Community communication about the spy node ban list
The Monero Research Lab (MRL) has decided to recommend that all Monero node operators enable a ban list of suspected spy node IP addresses. The spy nodes can reduce the privacy of Monero users. cuprate developer Boog900 discovered these spy nodes and created an IP address ban list. Developers and researchers associated with MRL (list names) have indicated their approval of this list by signing it with their PGP keys.
Links:
Cake Labs releases Cake Wallet v4.21.2 and Monero.com v1.18.2
Cake Labs1 has released Cake Wallet v4.21.2 / Monero.com v1.18.22 with onboarding flow improvements, coin control bug fixes and enhancements, and various other changes.
Better onboarding flow (PIN screen before wallet creation/restoration)
Migrating our Monero nodes to SSL
Better privacy and security for users who leverage our node
Send all when selecting using coin control (for Monero) ... ⌘ [Read more](https://monero.observer/cake-wallet-4.21.2-monero.com-1.18.2-released/)Monero Observer Artistic Saturday Top 5 - Week 47, 2024
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MoneroTopia 2024 conference kicks off in Mexico City
The 2024 edition of the 4-day annual MoneroTopia 1 event has just started2 in Mexico City (Huerto Roma Verde, Colonia Roma venue3) with more than 175 Monero attendees, 100 vendors and an unknown amount of locals expected to show up4:
As we kickoff #Monerotopia24 we want to give a shoutout to our Privacy Tech Sponsors. A huge thanks for their support!
[LTH] [0.15 XMR] Convert isometric token image from Wordpress to Monero icon
A new privacy focused hosting platform which only accepts Monero as a currency needs a conversion of this isometric logo of Wordpress, to be exactly the same however, using Monero color scheme and icon: https://file.io/clebBxqHX9UV
Link: https://bounties.monero.social/posts/160/
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m-a-x-c creates Monero churn timing tool
m-a-x-c1 has created Monero Churn Timer 2 - a Python script that generates randomized wait times for XMR transactions and can potentially help users increase their privacy by scheduling churns:
The way it works is as follows: after receiving Monero, you would use the Monero Churn Timer to generate a random wait time. You would then set a reminder to “churn” (i.e., send that transaction to yourself at a new address) after the specified … ⌘ Read more
[ANN] BetGlide.net - a new Monero (XMR) sportsbook
Inspired by similar projects, we wanted to make a sportsbook with Monero as its native currency, but make it a little bit more full featured and easier to use. No other sportsbook in the world provides our unique combination of respect for your privacy, features, and customer support. Come check us out. (Not currently available in US/EU. See terms).
Link: https://betglide.net
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Rucknium completes first milestone for statistical research CCS proposal
Rucknium1 has completed2 the first milestone for their latest CCS proposal to conduct statistical research to improve Monero’s privacy 3:
I have completed Milestone 1. [..] I evaluated the possible privacy impact of allowing permissionless querying of nodes’ fluff-phase transaction pools. Using techniques from the “topology inference from cascades” research literature, th … ⌘ Read more
[LFF] Monero meetup group in Barcelona (Spain)
Hello I am running the Monero meetup group in Barcelona (Spain) and looking for support to organize a in-person event before end of the year. The idea is to spread the word in the city about XMR what it is and why privacy is important. I am aiming for a more social networking environment to gather privacy enthusiasts but open to sugestions. I would like to ask here if you guys could help with some funds to rent a space if needed.
Link: [https://www.meetup.com/es-ES/monero-meetup-barcel … ⌘ Read more
midipoet submits CCS proposal for ‘policy and regulatory framework’ research
midipoet1 has submitted a new CCS proposal2 looking to work part-time on policy and regulatory framework research within the Monero Policy Working Group 3 for 6 months:
I think its relevant to Monero currently and might allow the broader ecosystem to understand better how regulatory pressure is impacting privacy and data protection rights.
Total funding: 332 XMR ... ⌘ [Read more](https://monero.observer/midipoet-submits-ccs-proposal-policy-regulatory-framework-research/)[ANN] Understanding Jamtis: A New Addressing Scheme for Monero
By simplifying how addresses are shared, speeding up wallet synchronization, and ensuring more reliable output detection, Jamtis represents a big leap forward in usability—without sacrificing Monero’s commitment to privacy and security.
Link: https://kewbit.org/understanding-jamtis-a-new-address-format-for-monero/
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Monero Observer Artistic Saturday Top 5 - Week 40, 2024
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[ANN] Anyone notice more newborn Monero nodes recently?
I’ve perceived an increase in the number of newborn nodes syncing the blockchain from my nodes. Maybe after the Chainalysis video showed the privacy risks of using remote nodes over clearnet, more people are setting up their own nodes.
Link: https://lemmy.cafe/post/8489209
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pluja launches experimental ‘AI-driven’ weekly Monero podcast
pluja1 has announced2 the launch of XMR.FAN 3, an AI-driven experimental weekly podcast that aims to deliver the latest insights and news from the world of Monero and privacy:
I’ve been experimenting with Google’s NotebookLM, voice generation (elevenlabs/piper), and other AI tools (SD, flux…). I discovered that these are really useful to produce very decent weekly news overviews, so I made this websi … ⌘ Read more
Privacy Watchdog Group Attacks Mozilla for Firefox User Tracking
Because “Privacy Preserving Attribution” doesn’t actually “Preserve” Privacy. ⌘ Read more
EFF: Calling for Genocide of Jews is OK, but Republicans Protesting is a Crime
The Electronic Frontier Foundation pushes extreme Leftist politics while pretending to fight for privacy and free speech. ⌘ Read more
Satellite1 PCB Dev Kit: Voice-Controlled Smart Home with Advanced Audio and User Privacy
Satellite1 PCB Dev Kit: Voice-Controlled Smart Home with Advanced Audio and User Privacy ⌘ Read more
Firefox: The Data Collection, Advertising Browser
Listen now (22 mins) | Mozilla has been taken over by an anti-Privacy, pro-Advertising, pro-AI cabal. ⌘ Read more