Krystal Mattich is Senior Director of Security, Privacy, and Risk at Brain Corp. She is the architect of the privacy-first infrastructure that powers over 40,000 BrainOS®-enabled robots across retail, airports, education and logistics. Krystal played a central role in launching Brain Corp’s public-facing Trust Center.
Listen to our chat here: https://www.robottalk.org/2026/03/20/episode-149-krystal-mattich/
Next Community Meeting: July 21
Save the Date: Privact Community Meeting
You are invited to the next Privact public community meeting, held online:
Date: July 21, 2025
Time: 8:30 pm (CEST / Berlin time)
Where: Senfcall
What to Expect
A brief update on what’s been accomplished since our last meeting
An open floor for any and all topics you’d like to bring up
If there are no additional topics, we’ll focus on planning for our upcoming crowdfunding campaign
Whether you’re new or have joined us before, your […]
Next Community Meeting: July 14
Save the Date for Our Next Community Meeting
We invite you to attend the next Privact public community meeting. It will be held online at:
Community Meeting on Senfcall July 14, 2025 at 8:30pm (CEST / Berlin time)
The meeting is open to everyone and any topic. We typically begin by providing an overview of the actions taken since the last meeting.
If no other topics arise, we will focus on plannings for our upcoming crowdfunding campaign.
We look forward to your curiosity!
Privact says „Hello“ to Bluesky
We are excited to announce that Privact is now also present on Bluesky! 🎉
Starting today, you can find us on Bluesky, where we will be sharing our latest blog content and updates. Join us there to stay connected and discuss #DigitalSelf, #Privacy, #OvercomingSurveillanceCapitalism, and much more.
Follow @privact on Bluesky or the Fediverse and become part of our growing community!
We are a not-for-profit initiative that empowers you to take control of your digital self – for personal benefit and societal progress. Our vision is a free world where you are in control of your digital self – and it makes you smile.
Privact at the Global Solutions Summit 2025
We’re thrilled to be part of the 2025 Global Solutions Summit in Berlin - a gathering of most inspiring minds working on "how to defend, expand, and re-invent multilateral structures to promote human flourishing and meet the challenges of the twenty-first century." Thanks to our partner TheGIDE, we’re honored to be a part of this dynamic forum. We look forward to meeting them in person again. "The annual Global Solutions Summit is an international conference aimed at addressing key […]https://privact.org/privact-at-the-global-solutions-summit-2025/
Your digital self is more than just data – it is a valuable reflection of who you are and what you love and care about. But in today’s world, companies have taken control of your digital self, putting your #privacy and freedom at risk. This is called #surveillance capitalism. With #Privact you take back control of your digital self.
Web: https://privact.org
Contact: https://privact.org/community/
Donate: https://opencollective.com/privact
Open Source PoC: https://gitlab.com/privact
You are welcome to join us!
At #privact we are working on it:
* 100% #OpenSource technical solution to enable local storage of personal data
* Establish a non-profit foundation to handle organizational issues
* Social implementation of the concept to take back our digital #privacy
* Compliant with #EUDataAct and #GDPR
We have partnered with #KDE and created a proof of concept for integration into #KUserFeedback. #FreeSoftware is the key to success!
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It's time to take back our digital #privacy. Let's make our #data work for us and for society - not for billionaires and fascists.
Impossible, you say?
At the German non-profit #privact e.V., we are a bunch of privacy enthusiasts who believe that there is an alternative. The basic idea is to make local storage of personal data the new normal (again). This will give you back full control over your own data.
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@freakboy3742 this problem has been a topic within the #KDE project recently, where so far #KUserFeedback tried using an opt-in approach to get some basic data…
Since this leaves some huge gaps in this regard, there are now discussions to improve on this based on the privacy-preserving #Privact ecosystem - more details here:
https://privact.org/2024/11/14/presenting-privact-at-kde-akademy/
https://privact.org/2024/11/24/ux-insights-that-we-cannot-get-right-now/
I haven't studied it in detail, but at least having this discussions is IMHO an important step forward.
11/12 We challenged the government on the #OnlineSafetyBill around risks to encryption and freedom of expression online. We highlighted the ‘spy clause’ in a Parliamentary briefing entitled 'Who is checking on your chats in private online spaces'. #DigitalRights #Privact #Surveillance #freespeech
https://www.openrightsgroup.org/publications/whos-checking-on-your-chats-in-private-online-spaces/
A policy brief on the inclusion of private communications in scope of the Online Safety Bill and the impact on end-to-end encryption Chat monitoring of private messaging services has sneaked into the Online Safety Bill with very little public debate or Parliamentary Scrutiny.
Robot Talk
Björn Balazs
Privact.org
Björn
Elias Probst
Open Rights Group