Press release: Nym launches Shipyard Academy to onboard privacy and offboard surveillance

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Academy will accelerate global education on privacy and action that can be taken to combat issues found on commonly-used communications tools.

Neuchâtel, Switzerland — Friday, 28 October 2022: Today, Nym, the leader in network layer privacy, announced the launch of Shipyard Academy, a privacy learning programme for anyone who wants to play a role in transforming the internet from a massive vehicle of surveillance and control into a secure digital realm where privacy is the default.

Privacy is not baked into the core internet infrastructure and today, surveillance is the norm as individuals are subjected to unwanted targeting and manipulation. The purpose of Shipyard Academy is to accelerate the awareness and understanding of what individuals can do to preserve their privacy rights and take back control of their personal data.

Nym Chief Strategy Officer Jaya Brekke says: “Web3 was supposed to do things differently to the surveillance capitalism of Web2 by introducing new design principles and a different economics. But so many online communities in Web3 nevertheless use surveillance-prone platforms like Discord and Telegram. Shipyard Academy aims to reach people on those very community platforms and elsewhere and begin onboarding people to the world of privacy, Nym and our privacy allies across the stack.”

The six-week programme will commence on 5 November 2022 and will cover topics including:

• How mass surveillance happens at the network layer
• How Nym solves this issue
• The privacy problems with many of today’s most popular community apps
• Full-stack privacy awareness and why privacy is a core principle of Web3

The programme comprises three stages over six weeks, which are self-paced for learning. A learn-and-earn aspect will be set at the end of each stage through tasks and quizzes for participants to progress through to the next stage. A total prize pool of up to 100k NYM tokens will be distributed to top participants across three stages.

At the end of the programme, participants will have the opportunity to apply to be a Nym ambassador, a “Nymja”, after being fully equipped to participate in and contribute to the Nym community and mission. Nymjas are champions of a future where privacy is the default. As a Nymja, successful participants will work closely with the core team to develop Nym and the privacy agenda in their local contexts, earning a stake and partaking in the further decentralisation of the project.

The Academy is the first step for anyone new to Nym and the privacy space regardless of experience. Registrations to join are opened now until Friday, 4 November 17h00 CEST: (https://bit.ly/nymsyform).

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About Nym:

Nym is an open-source, incentivised, and decentralised platform that protects privacy at the network level of any application, wallet or digital service. Nym protects against traffic pattern analysis and metadata surveillance.

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Candice Teo, candice@nymtech.net

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