@Pabamiti @Natanox @nomain @netzpolitik_feed
Wäre #ITsc, #OnfoSec, #OpSec & #ComSec mit "Installier' / nutz' #Signal / Threema / ... !) abgeharkt wären sehr viele Leute arbeitslos und OK-Elemente sürden nicht gebusted werden!

@nomain @Natanox @Pabamiti @netzpolitik_feed @signalapp doch, und es bleibt dabe:

Allein dass #Signal mehr als Username & Passwort erfasst macht es unsafe!

Britain admits defeat in its controversial fight to break encryption.

Tech companies and privacy activists are claiming victory after an eleventh-hour concession by the British government.

The UK government has admitted that the technology needed to securely scan encrypted messages sent on Signal and WhatsApp doesn’t exist, weakening its controversial Online Safety Bill.

https://www.wired.co.uk/article/britain-admits-defeat-in-online-safety-bill-encryption

#UK #OnlineSafetyBill #OSB #Internet #WhatsApp #Signal #Encryption #Legal #Law

The UK is poised to force a bad law on the Internet.

WhatsApp and Signal have threatened to shut down services in Britain if the Online Safety Bill includes restrictions that undermine encryption. The government is pushing it through anyway.

https://www.wired.co.uk/article/the-uk-is-poised-to-force-a-bad-law-on-the-internet

#UK #OnlineSafetyBill #OSB #Internet #WhatsApp #Signal #Encryption #Legal #Law

#KnowledgeByte: '#Mayday' - The famous distress call

Mayday is an emergency procedure word used internationally as a #Distress #Signal in voice-procedure radio communications.

https://knowledgezone.co.in/posts/600eb39540bd2ce6ed1bc475

@HistoPol
@smallcircles
No sure about #Threema but #Signal is a centralized service that use Google Api and doesn't allow redistribute/publish is free service such as #FDroid, what about #XMPP or #Matrix ?

Een malafide app deed zich voor als chat-app #Signal en wist gebruikers en hun gesprekken te bespioneren. De ontdekking is bijzonder, aldus ESET-onderzoekers: dit is het eerste gedocumenteerde incident van succesvolle spionage van communicatie via Signal.
https://www.agconnect.nl/maatschappij/security/malafide-app-weet-signal-communicatie-te-bespioneren

@5am also @signalapp is inherently #centralized and like all #SingleVendor / #SingleProvider solutions can't be trusted!

I just don't have any evidence yet that they're an #ANØM-Style #Honeypot but I'd declare every LEA "criminally incompetent" if they didn't already #EncroChat themselves inside and put every phone # of every user on a watchlist.

Or does anyone think the CIA & NSA didn't find a successor operation to #MINERVA?

#Signal is signalling all the wrong vibes to me!

#Geocaching #Signal has a lot of fun during our road trip in USA.

#Arizona #USA

#Geocaching #Signal has a lot of fun during our road trip in USA.

#Nevada #usa

#Geocaching #Signal has a lot of fun during our road trip in USA.

#California #Nevada #usa

@ilyess @gorky Nope. I had my #WhatsApp number exposed to a group chat without my permission (it caused some mayhem).

Also, people can add you to groups or “share” your phone number as a recommended contact.

#Signal & #Whatsapp tech do not reflect the new reality of spammers & trolls, so both are automatically disqualified for exposing phone numbers to the public.

#Telegram does not do this & has become the preferred chat app amongst friends & family.

@gorky I just stated reality. With spammers & trolls out in force nowadays, exposing your phone number is foolish.

Most of my friends and family have migrated to #Telegram from #Whatsapp. #Signal was rejected as an option due to phone number exposure.

@gorky @spaceraser @ChiaChatter I already had an incident where my phone number was exposed on #Whatsapp to numerous strangers.

If a company overlooks exposing my phone number to the public, why would I trust them to transmit my info‽

Until #Signal changes, I will not use it.

@spaceraser @ChiaChatter I loathe #Facebook messenger, but I use #Telegram over #Whatsapp & #Signal as the latter two expose your phone number (which is bad).

If I need a secure chat, I can just enable it on Telegram between whoever I chat with.

I like #Matrix but not everyone can handle 2 gigabyte transfers. Plus Telegram has auto transcribe of audio posts which is great.

Was idly curious if that whole Signal cryptocurrency payment thing was still around and yes, apparently. I looked up the MobileCoin details, and stuff like this is a deterrent for ordinary folks: "If you need to send or receive a payment consisting of more than 16 inputs or outputs there is a coin cleanup fee."
#Cryptocurrency #Signal #Payments

This is #LosAngeles #Geocaching.

#summer #holidays #Geocaching #Signal

Does anyone know if #Signal is any good as an alternative for communicating with family outside the US? I’d rather not use #WhatsApp if I can avoid it…

To everyone that bashes on #Signal for the lack of username support:

https://support.signal.org/hc/en-us/articles/360007060632

#Privacy #Tech #Messaging #Security

@fla @lyyn @Seirdy @neurovagrant

Now think about all the ways this can be subverted and compromized with neither recourse nor any warning towards the users.

https://mastodon.social/@fla/110777052572627977

Again, #Centralization is inherently bad, and everything that is a #SingleVendor / #SingleProvider "solution" will inevitably die.

That's why #XMPP & #IRC are alive and kicking whilst #AIM is dead and #ICQ is a #zombie.

#Discord and #Signal will also follow that path that :birdsite: :twitter: is walking ahead...