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Piergiorgio Catti De Gasperi

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Co Founder & COO web3privacy.info ✦ Politics of Care - Digital Rights, Tech Governance

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Piergiorgio Catti De Gasperi @pg.web3privacy.info · Jan 12

The most beautiful and subversive speech on #privacy I've heard so far.

Privacy, in practice, means we have the ability to control intimate decisions and maintain autonomy over expressions of love, appreciation, and care - J.Inness

by @meredithmeredith.bsky.social 🦋

media.ccc.de/v/38c3-feeli...

Feelings are Facts: Love, Privacy, and the Politics of Intellectual Shame

A debut of new research and analysis, focused on emotions and the affective register—love! shame! intimacy! What happens when we put lov...

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Piergiorgio Catti De Gasperi @pg.web3privacy.info · 9d

United in privacy.

A huge thank you to the entire teams at @protocollabs.bsky.social , @web3privacy.info , Cosmik for their outstanding work in doing what surveillance capitalism cannot:

bringing people together.

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Piergiorgio Catti De Gasperi @pg.web3privacy.info · 9d

🧩 Lasting impact — for the whole ecosystem.

The Cypherpunk Retreat (cypherpunk.camp) laid the groundwork for long-term collaboration.
The impact of these interactions will echo for years — through partnerships, shared standards, joint projects, and ongoing mutual support.

cypherpunk.camp

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Piergiorgio Catti De Gasperi @pg.web3privacy.info · 9d

What stood out most? The genuine sense of purpose.

Everyone showed up not just to participate, but to freely share their expertise in service of a greater cause.

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Piergiorgio Catti De Gasperi @pg.web3privacy.info · 9d

🧩 Same values, diverse approaches — truly productive.

Across 30+ sessions, changemakers with a clear-eyed understanding of the digital age’s challenges — and the determination to act — came together to co-create real solutions.

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Piergiorgio Catti De Gasperi @pg.web3privacy.info · 9d

file sharing innovators ( @ipfs.tech , @fil.org ), and many more freedom tech advocates joined the conversation.

Together. Beyond tribalism (web3, web2, competition)

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Piergiorgio Catti De Gasperi @pg.web3privacy.info · 9d

came together alongside voices from electronic voting ( @vocdoni.io ), vpn & mixnets, encrypted messaging ( @tessa.germnetwork.com , @germnetwork.com , @matrix.org ), browser, @torproject.org developers, researchers, radio comms specialist, lawyers...

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Piergiorgio Catti De Gasperi @pg.web3privacy.info · 9d

Hacktivists ( @redshiftzero.bsky.social @jaromil.bsky.social @freedom.press ), cryptographers, civil society advocates ( @robin.berjon.com , @alexisroussel.bsky.social ), infrastructure experts ( @juanbenet.bsky.social , @scbuergel.bsky.social )

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Piergiorgio Catti De Gasperi @pg.web3privacy.info · 9d

CYPHERPUNK RETREAT 2025 Recap

TL;DR — Human-first approach can unlock meaningful conversations.

🧩 Interdisciplinarity — only together are we strong.

🧩 Same values — diverse approaches. Truly productive.

🧩 Lasting impact — for the whole ecosystem (web2, web3, foss)

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Web3Privacy Now @web3privacy.info · 17d

Cypherpunk Retreat opening ceremony feat

@pg.web3privacy.info x @web3privacy.info
@wills.co.tt x @protocollabs.bsky.social

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Piergiorgio Catti De Gasperi @pg.web3privacy.info · 20d

Yes! Pretty excited to be all together

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Web3Privacy Now @web3privacy.info · 20d

Few days left for Cypherpunk Retreat [our collaboration with
@protocollabs.bsky.social to happen.

It will unite passionate free internet activists for a 3-day close collaboration.

And our lineup is growing: cypherpunk.camp

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Piergiorgio Catti De Gasperi @pg.web3privacy.info · 21d

Digital Freedom Declaration - digitalfreedom.page

Sign and share with key decision-makers

Can we bring in @eff.org @mozilla.org @internetarchive.eu @dyneorg.bsky.social @ooni.org @signal.org @meredithmeredith.bsky.social @gpdp.it @amnesty.org @bitsoffreedom.bsky.social @bsky.app @freedom.press

Digital Freedom Declaration page

We advocate for protecting developers of privacy-enhancing technologies while balancing innovation with appropriate regulation to protect civil liberties and digital freedom in the EU.

digitalfreedom.page

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · Sep 3

enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits

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Piergiorgio Catti De Gasperi @pg.web3privacy.info · Sep 6

We hold immense power.

The power to shift our focus from productivity to intention, from quantity to quality, and from profit to well-being.

Don't engage. Don't react.
Opt out.

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Web3Privacy Now @web3privacy.info · Aug 24

Absolute legend join Ethereum Cypherpunk Congress - Richard Stallman!

Hacktivist, inventor of copyleft, GNU, founder of
Free Software Foundation, GNU, GPL author etc.

Free as in "freedom": en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard...

congress.web3privacy.info
RSVP lu.ma/u2sw5kpv

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ligi @ligi.de · Aug 15

I will attend cypherpunk.camp this year - anyone else from here will be there?

Cypherpunk Retreat

This retreat brings together the top builders and front-line organizers in digital privacy to align on roadmaps, drive technical coordination, and accelerate progress toward a more private and resilie...

cypherpunk.camp

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Tor Project @torproject.org · Jul 23

Why do we need privacy and anonymity technology? "One of the pillars of democracy is anonymity. Your vote is anonymous for a reason, so we need anonymity to have a healthy democracy...people need privacy in order to exercise their citizen rights" Thanks @web3privacy.info for chatting with us!

Web3Privacy Now @web3privacy.info · Jul 21

"We need anonymity to have a healthy democracy in the world".

@1s4.bsky.social x Executive director @torproject.org shared her thoughts on privacy in the digital age, free software and encryption as imaginary technology.

Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVbF...

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Web3Privacy Now @web3privacy.info · Jun 26

Freedom is a habit, not a software update. Stop waiting or preaching for perfect code or future liberation.

The tools exist. Use them now.

📸 @1s4.bsky.social, @liz315.bsky.social, @pg.web3privacy.info, kassandraETH, @siusko.bsky.social, Julio Linares

co-hosted with Funding The Commons

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Piergiorgio Catti De Gasperi @pg.web3privacy.info · Apr 11

Cypherpunk 🤝 Academia

Bringing @web3privacy.info and crypto’s founding values to Federico II - Naples, Italy 🇮🇹

Piergiorgio Catti De Gasperi @pg.web3privacy.info · Mar 21

This November, we gather human rights advocates, social activists, NGOs, digital privacy thought leaders, social science scholars and researchers, crypto pioneers, and people committed to the common good.

If this resonates with you, hope to see you there :)

Web3Privacy Now @web3privacy.info · Mar 16

Updated lineup for Cypherpunk Congress #2

new speakers from @brave.com, Logos.co, Ludow Institute & others.

16 Nov, 2025 | Buenos Aires
congress.web3privacy.info

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Protocol Labs @protocollabs.bsky.social · Mar 20

“Whether historians of the future judge [the last 50 years of internet transformation] to be good or bad will depend on whether we can make the societal choice to embed democratic values and human rights into the design and implementation of these systems.” - Micah Altman

Web3Privacy Now @web3privacy.info · Mar 19

You’ve got your VPN, burner emails & OPSEC on point.

But most people? Still using the same PFP everywhere & letting AI track them 24/7.

We built a beginner-friendly AI Privacy Course:

✅ Quick, no-BS hacks anyone can use
✅ Perfect for privacy beginners

🔗 academy.web3privacy.info/p/crash-cour...

Glitch the System: A Crash Course in AI Disruption

academy.web3privacy.info

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Web3Privacy Now @web3privacy.info · Mar 12

Privacy deserves sustainable funding!

We’re launching #DripsForPrivacy with @drips.network to fund privacy projects nominated in the Proof of Privacy Awards 2024 🏆

Read article here: mirror.xyz/0x0f1F3DAf41...

Explore the list here: drips.network/privacyproof24

Drips for Privacy - give back to privacy projects

As privacy is a cornerstone for enabling trust and decentralization, throughout our interactions, we continue to recognize the critical need to support privacy-centric initiatives. Drips for Privacy f...

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Web3Privacy Now @web3privacy.info · Mar 5

Ethereum Cypherpunk Congress is coming to Buenos Aires! Save the date - 16th of November.

The last year we hosted 2200 people, 50 speakers from @xychelsea.tv to @kurtopsahl.bsky.social, 30 partners & lots of privacy advocacy.

1st edition recap: congress.web3privacy.info
rsvp: lu.ma/u2sw5kpv

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Piergiorgio Catti De Gasperi @pg.web3privacy.info · Mar 5

Thanks for the inspiration 🦋
@meredithmeredith.bsky.social
@audreyt.org @naomibrockwell.bsky.social
@alexisroussel.bsky.social @jaromil.bsky.social @timothysnyder.bsky.social

Piergiorgio Catti De Gasperi @pg.web3privacy.info · Mar 5

The fight for #privacy is the fight for autonomy, dignity, and the preservation of what it means to be human in the digital age.

Welcome to the conversation. The future depends on it.
mirror.xyz/0x0f1F3DAf41...

Rethinking Freedom in the Digital Age: The Rise of the Carepunks

Privacy is a fundamental human right, woven into national constitutions and protected by laws that upheld liberty, dignity, and autonomy. Rooted in the physical, analog world, It forms the foundation ...

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