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Bytes EuropeAustrian government agrees on plan to allow monitoring of secure messaging <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/1122084/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.byteseu.com/1122084/</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Austria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Austria</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CoalitionGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CoalitionGovernment</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EuropeanUnion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EuropeanUnion</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MilitantAttacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MilitantAttacks</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/monitoring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#monitoring</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SecureMessaging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SecureMessaging</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TaylorSwift" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TaylorSwift</a>

Nicolas BorboënEveryone is now realizing that WhatsApp is evolving towards its latest form (<a href="https://archive.md/L3W74" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://archive.md/L3W74</a>). If you value secure messaging, you may want to check out <a href="https://mastodon.world/@signalapp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@signalapp</a> or <a href="https://mastodon.matrix.org/@matrix" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@matrix</a> (wich is <a href="https://social.epfl.ch/tags/federated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#federated</a>). EPFL also has its own Matrix instance at <a href="https://matrix.epfl.ch" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://matrix.epfl.ch</a> (use <a href="https://mastodon.matrix.org/@element" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@element</a> as a client).<a href="https://social.epfl.ch/tags/SecureMessaging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SecureMessaging</a> <a href="https://social.epfl.ch/tags/WhatsApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WhatsApp</a> <a href="https://social.epfl.ch/tags/WhatsappAlternative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WhatsappAlternative</a> <a href="https://social.epfl.ch/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Signal</a> <a href="https://social.epfl.ch/tags/Matrix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Matrix</a> <a href="https://social.epfl.ch/tags/Element" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Element</a> <a href="https://social.epfl.ch/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Privacy</a> <a href="https://social.epfl.ch/tags/SelfHosted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SelfHosted</a>

Ian Brown 👨🏻‍💻👏 'The technology behind [the Guardian newspaper's new open source tool] <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/SecureMessaging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SecureMessaging</a> conceals the fact that messaging is taking place at all by making the communication indistinguishable from other data sent to and from the app by our millions of regular users. By using the Guardian app, other users are effectively providing “cover” and helping us to protect sources.'<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/membership/2025/jun/09/in-a-dangerous-era-for-journalism-a-powerful-new-tool-to-help-protect-sources?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/membership/2025/jun/09/in-a-dangerous-era-for-journalism-a-powerful-new-tool-to-help-protect-sources?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other</a>

Slim Bill (He/Him)How Secure are Messaging Services? - A Bit of Security for April 15, 2025 Secure messaging services are vulnerable – but there are things you can do. Listen to this - <a href="https://youtu.be/PUyFspiAbsI" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/PUyFspiAbsI</a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/cybersecuritytips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cybersecuritytips</a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Signal</a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/securemessaging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#securemessaging</a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/SMS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SMS</a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/phonesecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#phonesecurity</a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/BitofSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BitofSec</a>

Jcrabapplericochet-im/ricochet: Anonymous peer-to-peer instant messaging<a href="https://github.com/ricochet-im/ricochet" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://github.com/ricochet-im/ricochet</a><a href="https://dmv.community/tags/Tor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tor</a> <a href="https://dmv.community/tags/SecureMessaging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SecureMessaging</a> <a href="https://dmv.community/tags/PrivateMessaging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PrivateMessaging</a>

Brian LawsonGenuinely naive question. 🙋‍♂️ If <a href="https://hoosier.social/tags/TikTok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TikTok</a> can be pulled from the App Stores and make it hard/impossible for new users to install, could that happen for secure messaging apps (<a href="https://hoosier.social/tags/signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#signal</a>, <a href="https://hoosier.social/tags/session" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#session</a>, <a href="https://hoosier.social/tags/simplex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#simplex</a>, <a href="https://hoosier.social/tags/matrix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#matrix</a> / <a href="https://hoosier.social/tags/element" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#element</a>, <a href="https://hoosier.social/tags/deltachat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#deltachat</a>, etc.)? I know that the TikTok thing was years in the making, but there is some crazy shit happening pretty quickly lately. <a href="https://hoosier.social/tags/securemessaging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#securemessaging</a> <a href="https://hoosier.social/tags/securemessenger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#securemessenger</a> <a href="https://hoosier.social/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#security</a> <a href="https://hoosier.social/tags/encryption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#encryption</a> <a href="https://hoosier.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#privacy</a>

David August ❌👑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? <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/CyberSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CyberSecurity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#InfoSec</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Encryption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Encryption</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SignalApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SignalApp</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WhatsApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WhatsApp</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/EndToEndEncryption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EndToEndEncryption</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DataPrivacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DataPrivacy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PrivacyTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PrivacyTech</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SecureMessaging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SecureMessaging</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ApplePrivacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ApplePrivacy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/iOS18" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#iOS18</a>

DaneDuring this time, if you feel you need to have a more secure means of messaging, you may want to give SimpleX a try. <a href="https://simplex.chat" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://simplex.chat</a> <a href="https://sharkey.world/tags/security" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#security</a> <a href="https://sharkey.world/tags/digitalsecurity" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#digitalsecurity</a> <a href="https://sharkey.world/tags/securemessaging" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#securemessaging</a> <a href="https://sharkey.world/tags/fediverse" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fediverse</a> <a href="https://sharkey.world/tags/mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mastodon</a>

René Mayrhofer :verified: 🇺🇦I did a talk at <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/hackmas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hackmas</a> on "Secure Messaging (and attacks against it)" and the great organization team has already put the video recording online at <a href="https://media.ccc.de/v/26cd6d27-247f-5cf3-8adb-54c87bc372b2" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://media.ccc.de/v/26cd6d27-247f-5cf3-8adb-54c87bc372b2</a>. Many thanks to the audience for so many insightful questions and discussions - it is rare that the audience is so engaged and aware of nuance! Slides are available at <a href="https://www.mayrhofer.eu.org/talk/secure-messaging-and-attacks-against-it/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.mayrhofer.eu.org/talk/secure-messaging-and-attacks-against-it/</a>Abstract: Secure messaging apps are one of the most-used app categories on current mobile devices, and a significant subset of human communication is handled through them. This makes them an interesting target for forensics, surveillance, and general information collection for intelligence services and police institutions. In this talk, we will discuss various options for such surveillance and their respective difficulties, pointing out which options do not seem realistic given all the practical considerations.TL;DR: There is no good option for surveiling E2EE messenger apps; all of them are broken or practically unrealistic in various ways. I don't see an option to do that without real, significant problems that make all of us less safe. Please stop claiming that it is possible without these nasty issues.<a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/ChatControl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ChatControl</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/E2EE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#E2EE</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/SecureMessaging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SecureMessaging</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Signal</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/ClientSideScanning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ClientSideScanning</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Staatstrojaner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Staatstrojaner</a>

JohnDoeWhat secure messaging app are people using? Tested many, but most have issues. Simplex works best for me - stable and reliable. Session has beta voice/video calls that don't work well, Jami has bugs & crashes on Ubuntu. <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/SecureMessaging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SecureMessaging</a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/PrivacyMatters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PrivacyMatters</a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#infosec</a>

intermobility_berlin 🌻🇪🇺<a href="https://social.librem.one/@m0xee" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@m0xee</a> <a href="https://mas.to/@bascule" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@bascule</a> As a side note, while Signal still couples your account with your phone number (they are giving a few reasons for keeping it that way), exposing your phone number is now completely optional. Now, by default, other parties won’t see your phone number and won’t be able to find you by your phone number (but you can still switch it on as an option). <a href="https://signal.org/blog/phone-number-privacy-usernames/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://signal.org/blog/phone-number-privacy-usernames/</a><a href="https://toot.community/tags/SecureMessaging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SecureMessaging</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Privacy</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/SignalMessenger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SignalMessenger</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/SignalApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SignalApp</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Datensicherheit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Datensicherheit</a>

Cory DoctorowLong thread/7

Paul JacobsonThe iMessage/Beeper Mini/RCS (+ 🔵 and 🍏 bubbles) controversy/debate seems to be premised on Americans just not being willing to use secure, cross-platform messaging apps so they can talk to non-iPhone users.You know, unlike the rest of the world. 🤔<a href="https://digitalstuntfactory.com/tags/iMessage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#iMessage</a> <a href="https://digitalstuntfactory.com/tags/SecureMessaging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SecureMessaging</a>

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