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Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://mastodon.world/@signalapp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@signalapp</a> no it's not.<ul><li>Otherwise <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OrganizedCrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OrganizedCrime</a> would choose <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Signal</a> so hard, you'd be shutdown within weeks by the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FBI</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.world/@Mer__edith" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Mer__edith</a> would be forced to "pull a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LavaBit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LavaBit</a>" and face jailtime for obstruction of justice or snitch on users! </li></ul>Being a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/centralized" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#centralized</a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SingleVendor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SingleVendor</a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SingleProvider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SingleProvider</a> solution subject to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CloudAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CloudAct</a> makes you inherently vulnerable by your own choice and thus trivial to shutdown compared to real <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/E2EE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#E2EE</a> with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SelfCustody" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SelfCustody</a> of all the keys and true <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/decentralization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#decentralization</a> as well as <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SelfHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SelfHosting</a> (i.e. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PGP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PGP</a>/MIME [see <a href="https://chaos.social/@delta" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@delta</a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/deltaChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#deltaChat</a> et. al.] and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/XMPP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#XMPP</a>+<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OMEMO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OMEMO</a> [see <a href="https://monocles.social/@monocles" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@monocles</a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/monoclesChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#monoclesChat</a> et. al.]!)<ul><li>Plus neither of those <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DSGq9FQKU4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">shill</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Shitcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Shitcoin</a>-<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Scams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Scams</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJoO2uWrX1M" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">like</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MobileCoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MobileCoin</a>! </li></ul>And don't even get me started on you collecting <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PII</a> (espechally <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PhoneNumbers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PhoneNumbers</a>) for no valid reason, (thus violating <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GDPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GDPR</a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BDSG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BDSG</a>)...<ul><li>Not to mention relying ob <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/charity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#charity</a> and being a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VCmoneyBurningParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VCmoneyBurningParty</a> isn't sustainable to begin with!</li></ul>But yeah, I'll be patient to shout "<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ToldYaSo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ToldYaSo</a>" to your annoying cult of fanboys!

Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@GrapheneOS</a> It doesn't change the fact that <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#security</a> requires <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/transparency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#transparency</a> and thus full access & reproduceability from source.To give you a good example, source-available <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tarsnap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tarsnap</a> demonstrates that stuff is truly securely encrypted by enabling <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SelfCustody" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SelfCustody</a> of keys and thus show they can't decrypt anything!<ul><li>You may call me paranoid, but having 'massive trust issues' saved not only my own life more often than I'd be able to disclose so you may see this as a 'survivorship bias', but we'll only see <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MassSurveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MassSurveillance</a> becoming impossible when people ain't just users of some big-ass platform that can be easily targeted once it becomes inconvenient for it's host nation, but actually push for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/decentralization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#decentralization</a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechLiteracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TechLiteracy</a>.</li></ul>"Just use A, B, C & D, E, F" is the real threat as it sugfests people a <a href="https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/113047066349052609" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">false sense if security</a>.<ul><li>Just like a dresh <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechInspection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TechInspection</a> doesn't prevent one to hose an engine due to lack of oil!</li></ul>Collecting any <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PII</a> <a href="https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/113047045993549018" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">IS the illicit activity</a> NO MATTER the excuse...<ul><li>You may <a href="https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/113047083361853248" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">choose ignorance</a> but like with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LavaBit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LavaBit</a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EncroChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EncroChat</a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AN%C3%98M" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ANØM</a> I tend to turn out to be right all along.</li></ul>Sooner or later the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Enshittification</a> of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Signal</a> will reach a point where you'd rethink and consider apologizing...

Cory Doctorow<a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/15yrsago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#15yrsago</a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/WillRogers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WillRogers</a> talks to the bankers: keynote roast from 1924 <a href="https://ia904504.us.archive.org/24/items/WillRogersTalksToTheBankers/WILLROGERSTALKSTOTHEBANKERS_WillRogers_VICTOR_45374-A.mp3" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://ia904504.us.archive.org/24/items/WillRogersTalksToTheBankers/WILLROGERSTALKSTOTHEBANKERS_WillRogers_VICTOR_45374-A.mp3</a><a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/15yrsago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#15yrsago</a> Liar’s Poker: a timely moment to revisit 20-year-old memoir of the rise and fall of a <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/FinancialBubble" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FinancialBubble</a> <a href="https://memex.craphound.com/2008/10/03/liars-poker-a-timely-moment-to-revisit-20-year-old-memoir-of-the-rise-and-fall-of-a-financial-bubble/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://memex.craphound.com/2008/10/03/liars-poker-a-timely-moment-to-revisit-20-year-old-memoir-of-the-rise-and-fall-of-a-financial-bubble/</a><a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/10yrsago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#10yrsago</a> Fortunately the Milk: Gaiman’s kid-novel is a tribute to fatherly trolling <a href="https://memex.craphound.com/2013/10/03/fortunately-the-milk-gaimans-kid-novel-is-a-tribute-to-fatherly-trolling/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://memex.craphound.com/2013/10/03/fortunately-the-milk-gaimans-kid-novel-is-a-tribute-to-fatherly-trolling/</a><a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/10yrsago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#10yrsago</a> Unsealed <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/Lavabit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Lavabit</a> docs show that Feds demanded SSL keys <a href="https://www.wired.com/2013/10/lavabit-unsealed/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.wired.com/2013/10/lavabit-unsealed/</a>6/

Cory Doctorow<a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/10yrsago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#10yrsago</a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/CopyrightTroll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CopyrightTroll</a>’s lawyer wants record sealed so we won’t make fun of him <a href="https://www.techdirt.com/2013/08/14/prenda-lawyer-would-like-future-documents-sealed-because-techdirt-commenters-said-mean-stuff-about-him/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.techdirt.com/2013/08/14/prenda-lawyer-would-like-future-documents-sealed-because-techdirt-commenters-said-mean-stuff-about-him/</a><a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/10yrsago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#10yrsago</a> Horse Association must accept <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/clones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#clones</a> on registry <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-cloning-horses/u-s-horse-association-will-be-ordered-to-allow-clones-on-registry-idUSBRE97C01V20130813" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-cloning-horses/u-s-horse-association-will-be-ordered-to-allow-clones-on-registry-idUSBRE97C01V20130813</a><a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/10yrsago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#10yrsago</a> Which Congresscritters want to sell out the America’s laws to offshore copyright giants? <a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/08/stop-fast-track" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/08/stop-fast-track</a><a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/10yrsago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#10yrsago</a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/Lavabit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Lavabit</a>’s owner threatened with arrest for shutting down rather than spying on customers <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/lavabit-com-owner-i-could-be-arrested-resisting-surveillance-order-flna6c10908072" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/lavabit-com-owner-i-could-be-arrested-resisting-surveillance-order-flna6c10908072</a>6/

Cory Doctorow<a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/20yrsago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#20yrsago</a> Print-to-toilet-roll <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030406045030/http://www.idealhomeshow.co.uk/content/attractions/content.asp?location=32" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20030406045030/http://www.idealhomeshow.co.uk/content/attractions/content.asp?location=32</a><a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/20yrsago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#20yrsago</a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/IanClarke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IanClarke</a> is leaving America <a href="https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=73841&amp;cid=6632511" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=73841&amp;cid=6632511</a><a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/15yrsago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#15yrsago</a> Defunct pizza parlor robot band repurposed for fan music-vids <a href="https://www.wired.com/2008/08/showbiz-pizzas/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.wired.com/2008/08/showbiz-pizzas/</a><a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/10yrsago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#10yrsago</a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/Lavabit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Lavabit</a> founder has stopped using email: “If you knew what I know, you might not use it either” <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2013/08/09/lavabits-ladar-levison-if-you-knew-what-i-know-about-email-you-might-not-use-it/?sh=745a0549648a" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2013/08/09/lavabits-ladar-levison-if-you-knew-what-i-know-about-email-you-might-not-use-it/?sh=745a0549648a</a><a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/10yrsago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#10yrsago</a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/StephenFry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StephenFry</a> explains what a hateful, terrible thing is the <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/DailyMail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DailyMail</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130812055755/http://stephen-fry-me.tumblr.com/post/57805910021/the-daily-mail-and-lord-dacre-appeasing-again" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20130812055755/http://stephen-fry-me.tumblr.com/post/57805910021/the-daily-mail-and-lord-dacre-appeasing-again</a>5/

Cory Doctorow<a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/10yrsago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#10yrsago</a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/Lavabit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Lavabit</a> competitor <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/SilentCircle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SilentCircle</a> shuts down its secure email service, destroys servers <a href="https://silentcircle.wordpress.com/2013/08/09/to-our-customers/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://silentcircle.wordpress.com/2013/08/09/to-our-customers/</a><a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/10yrsago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#10yrsago</a> Bikram “Yoga” Choudhury accused of rape, sexual harassment, racism, homophobia, and unsafe practices related to the color green <a href="https://jezebel.com/bikram-yoga-founder-hates-sluts-and-fatties-loves-talk-1068127138" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://jezebel.com/bikram-yoga-founder-hates-sluts-and-fatties-loves-talk-1068127138</a><a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/10yrsago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#10yrsago</a> More on the <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/NSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NSA</a>’s weird, deceptive, indefensible definition of “<a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/TargetedSurveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TargetedSurveillance</a>” <a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/07/what-it-means-be-target-or-why-we-once-again-stopped-believing-government-and-once" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/07/what-it-means-be-target-or-why-we-once-again-stopped-believing-government-and-once</a>5/

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