Raccoon :verified: · @Raccoon
90 followers · 750 posts · Server techhub.social

@tcely
I never used , outside of the in-browser version when was a thing. I do feel for the people who were using it for SMS though.

I'm still a bit sore at / dropping support for , because that was a way I could get people who weren't tech savvy to start using it with me, to increase the volume (and thus security) of E to E encryption in , but now I don't really have an option outside of Google Messenger.

#facebookmessenger #facebook #sms #signal #signalapp #encryptedmessaging

Last updated 1 year ago

privacy matters · @nikita
603 followers · 2695 posts · Server social.tchncs.de

Apps

In this video I discuss how India is banning End to End Encrypted Messaging applications and peer to peer Free Software applications and their excuse is that banning these apps will help with fighting terrorism.

youtube.com/watch?v=rCZDV6RIax
invidious.snopyta.org/watch?v=
piped.video/watch?v=rCZDV6RIax

#encryptedmessaging #bans #india

Last updated 1 year ago

Jess · @JessTheUnstill
1517 followers · 685 posts · Server infosec.exchange

Your periodic reminder: if your existence or actions may at some point in the future become illegal, the time to work on your cyber is now.

Migrate all of your personal communications to end to end apps - @signalapp is by far the best of the available options at this point.

Reduce your reliance on corporate owned collaboration and social media platforms like Google, Discord, Twitter, or Facebook who can and will turn records over to police upon request, and can ban you for any reason at any time.

Build durable and multi-channel ways to keep in contact with your network. Make sure that even if you don't trust other people with sensitive personal info like your personal phone number or home address, that they know some of your emergency contacts who do. Especially if some of those emergency contacts are people with more privilege and/or outside of your country's jurisdiction so they can't be as easily pressured by law enforcement.

If you're an iPhone user, enable encrypted iCloud backups. It's a regular tactic of police to get your phone's backups in order to get your pictures and messages in clear text even without your knowledge. Android backups have been end to end encrypted for a while. google.com/amp/s/www.cnbc.com/

There's a lot more out there you could do for privacy, but those are some pretty good first steps.

Remember: if ALL of the stuff lot of people do is using private and secure methods, it improves the security and privacy for those who need it by giving them additional cover. If the only person you ever message with SMS is your black market HRT dealer or your Antifa friends, it makes it super easy for cops to figure out who is suspicious - the people who use advanced and secure encryption. If millions of normal boring housewives are planning their potlucks via Signal, they can't as easily assume that the person getting encrypted comms from a dozen people is someone suspicious.

#privacy #encryptedmessaging

Last updated 2 years ago

Tech news from Canada · @TechNews
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IT News · @itnewsbot
2852 followers · 248532 posts · Server schleuss.online

Former Trump official led feds to Telegram group livestreaming child abuse - Enlarge (credit: NurPhoto / Contributor | NurPhoto)

New detail... - arstechnica.com/?p=1914958

#ice #csam #policy #telegram #encryptedmessaging #trumpadministration #childsexualabusematerials #departmenthomelandsecurity

Last updated 2 years ago

Erbil · @akanksha
3 followers · 11 posts · Server mastodon.world

I don’t know what it needs now! I have been trying and trying and now I’m tired.
I need my backed up chats, it’s 8GB of data. It is essential for my work.
I can’t think of anything to do other than restart WhatsApp and loose all that data but I can’t bring myself to do that.
Suggestions welcome

#whatsapp #india #whatsappindia #encryption #encryptedmessaging

Last updated 2 years ago

Stefan :veri_trek2: · @stefan
146 followers · 302 posts · Server social.stefanberger.net

I really like @threemaapp!

Used it since I was the only one using it from my contacts 10 years ago, chatting encrypted with myself before convincing friends to use it worked.

But I really don’t like this celebration icon and I also don’t like that changing it does not work.

Would be happy to see a nice fresh design here.

#threema #encryptedmessaging #privacy

Last updated 2 years ago

Umai · @umai
4 followers · 44 posts · Server mas.to

1/ The forum discussion thread (over removal) is over 1.3K comments. For many people, using Signal was more about (it handled two messaging formats) than about (). Take away SMS, and Signal is no longer worth using, worth keeping, or worth suggesting. That's not why I came to use Signal. For me, privacy is like clean water. It's something many people take for granted because they never had to live without it.

#technology #encryptedmessaging #privacy #convenience #sms #signal

Last updated 2 years ago

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Ron Starman · @rstarman
131 followers · 157 posts · Server infosec.exchange

Encrypted Messaging Survey

I am interested in your thoughts regarding encrypted messaging apps for the ordinary user. The use case is: typical user who is concerned about their privacy and has a family and social circle of people who use iOS and Android. As such, iMessage and RCS are off the table. Of the following, which would you recommend and why? Are there others that should be considered?

Thanks!

#infosec #privacy #encryptedmessaging #signalapp #whatsapp #threema #telegram #matrix #element #wireapp #wicker

Last updated 2 years ago

ITSEC News · @itsecbot
687 followers · 32461 posts · Server schleuss.online

Cash-flashing rapper charged with money laundering for BTC-e - The FBI nabbed "Plinofficial" when he arrived at Miami airport carrying $20K cash, allegedly made ... more: nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2020/ &order -e

#fbi #btc #jabber #gangass #law #maksimboiko #plinofficial #cryptocurrency #encryptedmessaging

Last updated 5 years ago

ITSEC News · @itsecbot
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