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@moh_kohn except @signalapp too is a #centralized, #SingleVendir & #SingleProvider solution that fully falls under #CliudAct and thus CANNOT comply with #GDPR & #BDSG as a matter of principle since this digital rquivalent of #ExtraordinaryRendition is inherently incompatible!
- Use #XMPP+#OMEMO & #PGP/MIME with #SelfCustody if all the #Keys for real #EndToEndEncryption that doesn't rely on a #VC #MoneyBurningParty.
@monocles / #monoclesChat, @gajim / #gajim & @delta / #deltaChat, @thunderbird / #Thunderbird do support that!
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Remember:
"#LafulInterception" IS the #IllicitActivity!
"#KYC" IS the #IllicitAction!
#Logging IS an act of #Espionage!
#DoNotTrustAnyone - not even me!
Only Soluti ons that allow #SelfCustody of all the Keys & #SelfHosting are truly #E2EE!
Only truly #decentralized, #MultiVendor & #MultiProvider Solutions with true #EndToEndEncryption are secure!
#CloudAct IS the assault on your freedom too!
Use @torproject / #Tor for EVERYTHING!
The only way we can prevent a #Cyberfacist #dystopia is to make it impossible!
I don’t have confirmation on this, and it was I think being mentioned in the context of more secure messaging apps like Signal (and one would guess others offering end-to-end encryption like WhatsApp too) still allowing access to unencrypted (not secure) data by parts of the phone.
Can someone confirm if this is accurate?
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All these people asking “can my husband find out who i voted for?” — yet we’re still supposedly having a debate about messenger software giving people “too much privacy”
It’s true: the “voting” question is at the top of Google’s autosuggest list, presumably because of the harm that Donald Trump presents to women’s rights — notably but not exclusively related to sexual health and abortion.
Yet Civil Society — US and other — is willing to entertain the potential concept that people have too much privacy in their conversation, as evidenced by a recent report from All Tech Is Human, once again due to the matter of children:
In offering end-to-end security to all users the platforms may be providing systemic, pervasive, unnecessary, even excessive privacy – “too much privacy” – to too many people, a situation which may consequently hamper legislative opportunities (and some civil society goals) to impose a duty of care upon platforms, such as an obligation upon Meta (Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, WhatsApp, etc.) to monitor the content of our children’s communications in order to keep them safer, online.
May the sanctity of the voting booth shine a light upon their minds.
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@SherBeareth generally the #Enshittifucation of #PublicPhone|s / #PayPhine|s is real!
- #WhatsMissing: #Privacy-#PhoneBooth with secure, #E2EE #calls between locations.
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Dropbox ... not encrypted... [not safe]
#Dropbox files are encrypted during transport and while at rest on their servers. End-to endSee article. Apple devices use only hardware that offers encryption at rest. Please check your sources and correct me.
help.dropbox.comHow Dropbox keeps your files secureAs home to all your most valuable files, we ensure any possible Dropbox vulnerabilities are protected against. Find out how we keep Dropbox secure.
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@dee @concepcion no, it's not!
1. @signalapp@mastodon.world is a #centralized, #SingleVendor & #SingleProvider solutions.
2. #Signal is subject to #CloudAct.
3. You need a #PhoneNumber to use it, which is neither free nor usually available anonymously.
4. You don't have #SelfCustody of #Keys, so like #Telegram and #WhatsApp you can consider claims of #E2EE to be #marketing #lies.
5. Signal uses the #PhoneNumbers to restrict or refuse availability of their services to users.
The only trusly secure #Chat options are #XMPP+#OMEMO & XMPP+#PGP/MIME which are supported by @monocles / #monoclesChat and #Gajim as clients as well as various XMPP-Servers.
You can even use them over @torproject / #Tor as I do!
Remember: #NotYourKeys = No #EndToEndEncryption!
https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/112002490407077220
Infosec.SpaceKevin Karhan (@kkarhan@infosec.space)@dee@treehouse.systems @monocles@monocles.social If it wasn't reported by your contact as such and [thus] they didn't [automatically] sent a decrypted copy to #Telegram's mods for them to make the decision you can be assured it never was properly #E2EE'd in the first place.
That's my main issue with all those fancy "Encrypted Chat Apps" that lie into the faces of #TechIlliterates.
Unless the #User has full #SelfCustody of all the #Keys, it's not properly #EndToEndEncryption.
And that is the main problem with all those centralized services: IT IS NOT securely done because the Private Keys are stored on the Providers' Servers!
Not to mention it is absolutely trivial to #MITM such #centralized, #SingleVendor / #SingleProvider solutions...
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It's like all those shady #VPN #Ads and the #Marketing #Lies done by @protonmail@mastodon.social , #EncroChat, #ANØM, #Tox and the like...
https://web.archive.org/web/20240000000000*/https://twitter.com/thegrugq/status/1085614812581715968
Signal becomes even more private by removing the need to share your phone number to new contacts. The secure messaging app has so far added support for usernames in beta.
CNETSignal's Adding Support for Usernames, Removing Phone Number RequirementThe secure texting app will let you start conversations without having to give out additional info.
Backdoors that let cops decrypt messages violate human rights, EU court says - Enlarge / Building of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg ... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2003350 #europeancourtofhumanrights #europeancourtofjustice #endtoendencryption #europeancommission #privatemessaging #freedomofspeech #europeanunion #onlineprivacy #end-to-end #terrorism #telegram #policy #russia #email #csam #e2ee
Ars Technica · Backdoors that let cops decrypt messages violate human rights, EU court saysCops have alternative means to access encrypted messages, court says.
Apple warns proposed UK law will affect software updates around the world - Enlarge
Apple is "deeply concerned" that proposed changes to ... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1999789 #governmentsurveillance #investigatorypowersact #applesecurityupdates #endtoendencryption #securityupdates #onlinesecurity #onlineprivacy #unitedkingdom #policy #apple
Ars Technica · Apple warns proposed UK law will affect software updates around the worldApple may leave the UK if required to provide advance notice of product updates.