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Delta Chat<p>Russian authorities continue to demand the impossible, namely that we give them user data we don't have. Today the Moscow City Court rejected our objections and sided with the communication surveillance authority Roskomnadzor and the Federal Security Buereau (FSB). Not too surprising. Many more details and next step considerations you can find in this press release </p><p><a href="https://merlinux.eu/press/2025-05-14-russia-deltachat.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">merlinux.eu/press/2025-05-14-r</span><span class="invisible">ussia-deltachat.pdf</span></a></p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/deltachat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deltachat</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>russia</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/e2ee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>e2ee</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/chatcontrol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chatcontrol</span></a></p>
Tom Fichtner<p>家人同事還離不開 LINE,有些朋友只能靠 IG 私訊才能聯絡,甚至還有人在台灣彼此用 WeChat 聊天?把這篇快速懶人包傳給他們,說明為何 開源通訊 App 才是真正長久安心的選擇。</p><p><a href="https://www.tomfichtner.com/article/zh/liu-ge-lianluo-fangshi-ba/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">tomfichtner.com/article/zh/liu</span><span class="invisible">-ge-lianluo-fangshi-ba/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/e2ee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>e2ee</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>signal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/whatsapp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>whatsapp</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/telegram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>telegram</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/instagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>instagram</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>facebook</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meta</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/boycottmeta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boycottmeta</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/line" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>line</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/wechat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wechat</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/%E9%9A%B1%E7%A7%81" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>隱私</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/%E9%96%8B%E6%BA%90" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>開源</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/%E5%8A%A0%E5%AF%86" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>加密</span></a></p>
Tom Fichtner<p>Relatives and co-workers still trapped in WhatsApp, some friends reachable only through Instagram DMs? Hand them this bite-size article and show why an open-source messenger is the right way to go.</p><p><a href="https://www.tomfichtner.com/article/keep-in-touch/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">tomfichtner.com/article/keep-i</span><span class="invisible">n-touch/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/e2ee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>e2ee</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>signal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/whatsapp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>whatsapp</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/telegram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>telegram</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/instagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>instagram</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>facebook</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meta</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/boycottmeta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boycottmeta</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/line" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>line</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/wechat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wechat</span></a></p>
Tom Fichtner<p>Deine Verwandten und Kollegen hängen noch auf WhatsApp fest, und einige deiner Freunde sind sogar nur per Instagram-Messenger erreichbar? Dieser kompakte Artikel möge dir dabei helfen, deinen sozialen Nahbereich über die Sinnhaftigkeit eines Open Source-Messengers aufzuklären.</p><p><a href="https://www.tomfichtner.com/article/de/kontaktpflege/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">tomfichtner.com/article/de/kon</span><span class="invisible">taktpflege/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/datenschutz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>datenschutz</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/e2ee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>e2ee</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>signal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/whatsapp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>whatsapp</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/telegram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>telegram</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/instagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>instagram</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>facebook</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meta</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/boycottmeta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boycottmeta</span></a></p>
w00p<p>A lot of discussions are happening regarding the proposal to adapt/update the existing Swiss surveillance law, and that's a good thing.<br>Without going through the law's details, critics rightfully point to the following problematic aspects:<br>- economic:<br>-- increased financial and administrative burden (esp. for SMEs)<br>-- massive loss of competitiveness compared to countries without comparable laws<br>-- loss of business model for services mainly built around anonymity (Proton/Threema only marginaly impacted by this, IMO)<br>- legal: the proposal could conflict with existing laws setting limits to such "existing-laws-updates" (for example, a law update should not profoundly modify or extend the existing law + other technical/legal considerations) - if the proposal were implemented as is, its legality would likely be challenged in court<br>- privacy:<br>-- communication service providers would have to ID their users by requesting a copy of either a passport, id card, residence permit or driving license. (art. 20a).<br>Multiply this by the number of service providers and you quickly see the problem. Without a robust privacy preserving identification method, maybe such as a digital-ID (i.e. no PII hold by the providers), requesting service providers to ID their users, puts the whole population at risk of getting their personal information leaked. And this WILL happen, 100%. - excuse my french, but this is almost as fucking stupid as Chat Control.<br>-- (if I understand the proposal correctly) massive increase in volume and duration of storage of user metadata for services such as Proton and Threema (among others)</p><p>We will soon see the results from the public consultation that ended a few days ago. But there's already been a lot of backlash, from the right to the left.</p><p>The good point of the proposal is the exclusion to access encrypted content. I can also live with having to provide an ID (Signal has my phone number, PM my CC) - as long as it's done securely and in a privacy preserving way.<br>IMO, the most problematic part of the proposal, is the non-targeted aspect and duration of storage of collected user metadata + the economic/admin burden on these service providers.<br>Should such communication service providers really be subjected to a similar level and breadth of surveillance as the network operators? This would be a serious hit to the privacy they offer now, with their minimal metadata collection.</p><p>Let's see how it will move forward.</p><p>* I also believe that having to provide an ID to use online services is coming to other countries near you.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/switzerland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>switzerland</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/e2ee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>e2ee</span></a></p>
ilyess<p>Let the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TeleMessage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TeleMessage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Signal</span></a> clone hack be a reminder that there’s no such thing as a backdoor for the good guys. A backdoor is a backdoor is a backdoor. If there’s one, a bad guy will eventually find it. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/E2EE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>E2EE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Encryption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Encryption</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Backdoor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Backdoor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/CyberSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CyberSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infosec</span></a></p>
w00p<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@LukaszOlejnik" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>LukaszOlejnik</span></a></span> <br>Part of the proposed changes relates to how orgs are classified and governed under the existing surveillance law.<br>In the proposed revision, smaller Digital Service Providers such as Threema and Proton would be subjected to similar surveillance rules (and deadlines) as the bigger ISPs today.</p><p>They are against it, fearing (rightly) that it would impose significant costs on them, to handle authorities' requests and develop/deploy/maintain a surveillance infrastructure comparable to that already in place at bigger companies and ISPs such as Swisscom, Salt, etc.</p><p>The other change of the proposition, is the access of (near) real time metadata. </p><p>On the positive side, e2ee and message contents are explicitly excluded from the surveillance.</p><p>I'm curious to see what the final proposition will look like regarding the SMEs.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/switzerland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>switzerland</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/e2ee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>e2ee</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/threema" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>threema</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/proton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>proton</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a></p>
René Mayrhofer :verified: 🇺🇦 🇹🇼<p>Sigh. We are, as a security community, making good progress on some old as well as some new topics. <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Rust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rust</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Go" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Go</span></a>, and other memory safe systems languages are going well and having a real impact in reducing memory safety issues - which has been the most important security bug class for decades, and we are finally improving! Compartmentalization and isolation of processes and services have now become common knowledge and the minimum bar for new designs. Security and privacy by design are being honored in many new projects, and not just as lip service, but because the involved developers deeply believe in these principles nowadays. <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/E2EE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>E2EE</span></a> is finally available to most end-users, both for messaging and backups.</p><p>And again and again, we are forced into having discussions (<a href="https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/03/eu_backdoor_encryption/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theregister.com/2025/04/03/eu_</span><span class="invisible">backdoor_encryption/</span></a>) about breaking all the progress.</p><p>Let me be clear for Nth time: <br>* We *cannot* build encryption systems that can only be broken by the "good guys". If they are not completely secure, foreign enemy states, organized crime, and intimate partners will break and abuse them as well. There is no halfway in this technology. Either it is secure or it isn't - for and against everybody.<br>* We *cannot* build safe, government-controlled censorship filters into our global messaging apps that are not totally broken under the assumption of (current or future) bad government policies and/or insider attacks at the technology providers (<a href="https://www.mayrhofer.eu.org/talk/insider-attack-resistance-in-the-android-ecosystem/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">mayrhofer.eu.org/talk/insider-</span><span class="invisible">attack-resistance-in-the-android-ecosystem/</span></a>). Either one-to-one communication remains secure and private, or it doesn't (<a href="https://www.ins.jku.at/chatcontrol/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">ins.jku.at/chatcontrol/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>).<br>* We *cannot* allow exploitation of open security vulnerabilities in smartphones or other devices for law enforcement. If they are not closed, they are exploitable by everybody. "Nobody but us" is an illusion, and makes everybody less secure.</p><p>My latest recorded public talk on the topic was <a href="https://www.mayrhofer.eu.org/talk/secure-messaging-and-attacks-against-it/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">mayrhofer.eu.org/talk/secure-m</span><span class="invisible">essaging-and-attacks-against-it/</span></a>, and nothing factual has changed since then. Policymakers keep asking for a different technological reality than the one we live in, and that sort of thing doesn't tend to produce good, sustainable outcomes.</p><p>(Edited to only fix a typo. No content changes.)</p><p>CC <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@epicenter_works" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>epicenter_works</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://eupolicy.social/@edri" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>edri</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@suka_hiroaki" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>suka_hiroaki</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.heise.de/@heisec" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>heisec</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ioc.exchange/@matthew_d_green" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>matthew_d_green</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://eupolicy.social/@ilumium" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ilumium</span></a></span></p>
DVD e.V.<p>Die <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DVD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DVD</span></a> hat zusammen mit über 235 NGO, akademischen und Cybersicherheits-Experten sowie Unternehmen einen offenen Brief zum schwedischen Gesetzentwurf zur Datenspeicherung und zum Zugriff auf elektrische Informationen an die Mitglieder des schwedischen Reichstags unterzeichnet, der heute versandt wurde.<br>Wir kämpfen weiter gegen die Versuche der Schwächung der Ende-zu-Ende-Verschlüsselung (<a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/E2EE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>E2EE</span></a>).<br>Zum offenen Brief:<br><a href="https://www.datenschutzverein.de/2025/04/offener-brief-zum-schwedischen-gesetzentwurf-zur-datenspeicherung-und-zum-zugriff-auf-elektrische-informationen/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">datenschutzverein.de/2025/04/o</span><span class="invisible">ffener-brief-zum-schwedischen-gesetzentwurf-zur-datenspeicherung-und-zum-zugriff-auf-elektrische-informationen/</span></a></p>
Muminpappa 🇪🇺<p>The government in <a href="https://mastodonsweden.se/tags/Sweden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sweden</span></a> is working on legislation that would force platforms to store and provide law enforcement with access to their users’ communications, including those that are end-to-end encrypted <a href="https://mastodonsweden.se/tags/E2EE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>E2EE</span></a> </p><p>The Internet Society is asking security experts, civil society organizations, private industry and trade organizations to sign a <br>"Joint Letter on the Swedish Data Storage and Access to Electronic Information Legislation". </p><p>Please sign before April 7 1 pm UTC.</p><p><a href="https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/e3cf0c35c3a84837b0accdf21966a554" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">app.smartsheet.com/b/form/e3cf</span><span class="invisible">0c35c3a84837b0accdf21966a554</span></a></p>
Ian Brown 👨🏻‍💻<p>Secondly, it’s not clear if <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/gmail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gmail</span></a> is using this workaround just for message recipients who don’t have their own “digital <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/X" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>X</span></a>.509 certificates” to enable message encryption yet (which would be justifiable) or not (which would be an improvement over the status quo, but not genuine <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/E2EE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>E2EE</span></a>.)</p>
Ian Brown 👨🏻‍💻<p>I’m not the religious cultist some are over defining <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/E2EE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>E2EE</span></a>. When it comes to business communications, it seems sensible to me to define the endpoint as the business, not the individual recipient. And as one widely-used example, this is how WhatsApp for Business works</p>
Ian Brown 👨🏻‍💻<p>This is useful further detail on Google’s new system for spreading the benefits of end-end-end encrypted e-mail via <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/gmail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gmail</span></a> to more message recipients. I have further thoughts 😁🧵<a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/E2EE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>E2EE</span></a><br><a href="https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/04/are-new-google-e2ee-emails-really-end-to-end-encrypted-kinda-but-not-really/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/security/2025/</span><span class="invisible">04/are-new-google-e2ee-emails-really-end-to-end-encrypted-kinda-but-not-really/</span></a></p>
w00p<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>EUCommission</span></a></span> <br>"Safer society" according EU: <a href="https://geeknews.chat/@theregister/114273779933475778" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">geeknews.chat/@theregister/114</span><span class="invisible">273779933475778</span></a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/chatcontrol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chatcontrol</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freedom</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/encryption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>encryption</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/e2ee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>e2ee</span></a></p>
switching.software<p>We would like to endorse what <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/@kuketzblog" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>kuketzblog</span></a></span> writes about the inclusion of an “AI assistant” into an instant messenger that is still widely used:</p><blockquote><p>It is unfortunate that many journalists do not realise how dangerous the new AI in WhatsApp really is. Der Spiegel, for example, writes in a recent article: “Meta AI does not have access to users' private chats, however, thanks to end-to-end encryption.” As a matter of fact, the AI does have access as it is used in the context of private chats or group chats. Sadly, this misinformation lulls users into a false sense of security. 🤦</p></blockquote><p>Source (in German): <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/@kuketzblog/114267998218207258" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">social.tchncs.de/@kuketzblog/1</span><span class="invisible">14267998218207258</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fedifreu.de/tags/whatsapp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>whatsapp</span></a> <a href="https://fedifreu.de/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://fedifreu.de/tags/e2ee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>e2ee</span></a> <a href="https://fedifreu.de/tags/dontcallitai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dontcallitai</span></a> <a href="https://fedifreu.de/tags/genai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>genai</span></a> <a href="https://fedifreu.de/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a></p>
Bhavani Shankar 💭<p>Finally privacy guides <a href="https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/04/01/the-dangers-of-end-to-end-encryption/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">has admitted</a> what I have been espousing for years - <strong>only criminals need end to end encryption</strong>.</p><p>Use facebook messenger or gmail to be a good citizen.</p><p><a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/privacy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/privacyguides" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#privacyguides</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/e2ee" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#e2ee</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/ende2ee" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ende2ee</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/facebook" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#facebook</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/gmail" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gmail</a></p>
Open Rights Group<p>Encryption is essential for cybersecurity 🔐</p><p>The lack of protections for it in the UK Cyber Security Bill, coupled with the UK's encryption-breaching order against Apple, shows a lack of seriousness about the threats we face.</p><p>Sign and share our petition to send a message ⬇️</p><p><a href="https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/keep-our-apple-data-encrypted" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions</span><span class="invisible">/keep-our-apple-data-encrypted</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/e2ee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>e2ee</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/encryption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>encryption</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cybersecurity</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/cybersecuritybill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cybersecuritybill</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/ukpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ukpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/ukpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ukpol</span></a></p>
Open Rights Group<p>“The UK cannot claim to be strengthening the country’s cyber defences while at the same time issuing notices to companies like Apple and demanding that they reduce the security of the services they offer."</p><p>🗣️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/@JamesBaker" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>JamesBaker</span></a></span> – ORG Programme Manager.</p><p><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366619260/Top-cryptography-experts-join-calls-for-UK-to-drop-plans-to-snoop-on-Apples-encrypted-data" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">computerweekly.com/news/366619</span><span class="invisible">260/Top-cryptography-experts-join-calls-for-UK-to-drop-plans-to-snoop-on-Apples-encrypted-data</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/encryption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>encryption</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cybersecurity</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/cybersecuritybill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cybersecuritybill</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/ukpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ukpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/ukpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ukpol</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/e2ee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>e2ee</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>apple</span></a></p>
Jan Penfrat<p>BREAKING Secure photo and notes sharing app <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://write.as/api/collections/cryptee" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>cryptee</span></a></span> introduces editor-to-editor <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/encryption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>encryption</span></a> (<a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/E2EE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>E2EE</span></a>):</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/_Ab7ibFfXBg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/_Ab7ibFfXBg</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Privacy Guides<p>Privacy Guides is formally taking a stand against dangerous and frightening technologies.</p><blockquote><p>Security-focused developers and misguided "advocates" have long attempted to convince those involved in privacy and security that E2EE is an advanced security measure designed to protect your sensitive data, and Privacy Guides has stood by for far too long not setting the record straight.</p></blockquote><p><a href="https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/04/01/the-dangers-of-end-to-end-encryption/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">privacyguides.org/articles/202</span><span class="invisible">5/04/01/the-dangers-of-end-to-end-encryption/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.neat.computer/tags/EndToEndEncryption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EndToEndEncryption</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.neat.computer/tags/E2EE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>E2EE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.neat.computer/tags/Security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Security</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.neat.computer/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.neat.computer/tags/Article" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Article</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.neat.computer/tags/PrivacyGuides" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrivacyGuides</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.neat.computer/tags/AprilFools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AprilFools</span></a></p>