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Kevin Karhan :verified:Rant re: Signal Shills being dangerous Tech Illiterates

Sean O'Brien📱The Trump administration leaked bombing plans… via <a href="https://mastodon.world/@signalapp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@signalapp</a> . A journalist was added to the group chat and everyone kept chatting. <a href="https://privacysafe.social/tags/E2EE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#E2EE</a> is great. But humans still make mistakes. OpSec takeaway: encryption ≠ security.

Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/@ueeu" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@ueeu</a> I think crucial parts is looking at it's components, dependencies, size and for apps permissions.<ul><li>Also make shure it uses <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpenStandards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenStandards</a>, because <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenSource</a> can be just a "smoke grenade" when it's a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/centralized" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#centralized</a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/proprietary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#proprietary</a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SingleVendor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SingleVendor</a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SingleProvider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SingleProvider</a> solution.</li></ul><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ReproduceableBuilds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ReproduceableBuilds</a> for example are important, so the actually released source code is what people actually get served as basis.<ul><li>Both of the latter points are something that <a href="https://monocles.social/@monocles" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@monocles</a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/monoclesChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#monoclesChat</a> does perfectly and that <a href="https://mastodon.world/@signalapp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@signalapp</a> completely fails at!</li></ul>Plus in terms of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#security</a>, choose *real <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/E2EE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#E2EE</a> with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SelfCustody" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SelfCustody</a> of all the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Keys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Keys</a>!

Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://mastodon.social/@fj" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@fj</a> I still think <a href="https://mastodon.world/@signalapp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@signalapp</a> has fundamental flaws like demanding <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PII</a> (<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PhoneNumbers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PhoneNumbers</a> can't be obtained anonymously around the globe and are trivial to track down to devices and thus users), being subject to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CloudAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CloudAct</a> as an unnecessary & 100% avoidable risk as well as <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Shitcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Shitcoin</a>-<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Scam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Scam</a> shilling (<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MobileCoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MobileCoin</a>) and it's <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/proprietary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#proprietary</a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SingleVendor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SingleVendor</a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SingleProvider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SingleProvider</a> nature that makes it inferior to real <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/E2EE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#E2EE</a> with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SelfCustody" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SelfCustody</a> like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PGP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PGP</a>/MIME & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/XMPP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#XMPP</a>+<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OMEMO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OMEMO</a>!

Mike Kuketz 🛡WhatsApp war schon immer ein Datenschutz-Desaster. Mit der Einführung der Ende-zu-Ende-Verschlüsselung waren zumindest die Inhalte geschützt – doch das dürfte mit dem neuen KI-Assistenten Geschichte sein. Eine KI, die ständig mithört, konterkariert jede E2EE und macht sie wertlos.<a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/WahtsApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WahtsApp</a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/KI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KI</a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/messenger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#messenger</a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/e2ee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#e2ee</a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/fail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fail</a><a href="https://netzpolitik.org/2025/angriff-auf-privatsphaere-meta-messenger-fuehren-ki-assistenten-in-europa-ein/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://netzpolitik.org/2025/angriff-auf-privatsphaere-meta-messenger-fuehren-ki-assistenten-in-europa-ein/</a>

James BakerPleased to see the Lib Dem’s commit to a strong pro-encryption policy position at their conference this morning “Conference further believes that exclusive, secure access to personal data in a digital world via encryption is paramount for rights to privacy and should not be abridged via encryption backdoors.” <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/E2EE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#E2EE</a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/encryption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#encryption</a>

Em :official_verified:New Privacy Guides article 🔒🇪🇺 by <a href="https://mastodon.neat.computer/@jonah" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@jonah</a> :With the political changes happening in the United States right now, You might be seeking Europe-based tech alternatives to trust your data with.Moreover, if you are an organization dealing with data from Europeans, it could be wise to start the move for GDPR compliance now, in the eventuality the EU–US Data Privacy Framework it relies on were to change... Whatever the reason, you can check some of Privacy Guides' recommendations in this excellent article-list by Jonah: <a href="https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/03/19/private-european-alternatives/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/03/19/private-european-alternatives/</a><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/PrivacyGuides" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PrivacyGuides</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Privacy</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/EUpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EUpol</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EU</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/GDPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GDPR</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Encryption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Encryption</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/E2EE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#E2EE</a>

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