David Davis & Caroline Lucas MPs are supporting an amendment to the Online Safety Bill that would seek to protect the end-to-end encrypted services. Many parents rely on these apps to safely and securely share family pictures. #onlinesafetybill #encryption #privacy #E2EE

#10yrsago This is the #crypto standard that the NSA sabotaged https://archive.nytimes.com/bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/09/10/government-announces-steps-to-restore-confidence-on-encryption-standards/

#10yrsago How the feds asked Microsoft to backdoor #BitLocker, their full-disk #encryption tool https://mashable.com/archive/fbi-microsoft-bitlocker-backdoor

#10yrsago US #border #LaptopSearches: the other #WarrantlessSurveillance https://www.aclu.org/news/national-security/documents-shed-light-border-laptop-searches

#10yrsago Knife use workshops for kids https://web.archive.org/web/20130913132151/http://www.nepafamily.com/events/sharp-kids/

#10yrsago Scholar shows ‘three strikes’ programs don’t reduce #piracy https://www.itnews.com.au/news/three-strikes-laws-do-not-reduce-online-piracy-study-356360

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A Look at the Online Safety Bill and How It Might Affect Privacy in the UK - The Online Safety Bill, a piece of legislation that seeks assurances to keep some ... - https://news.bitcoin.com/a-look-at-the-online-safety-bill-and-how-it-might-affect-privacy-in-the-uk/ #onlinesafetybill #stephenparkinson #ageassurance #ukgovernment #encryption #spyclause #news #uk

Last week review 35-2023 with Cryptomator vs. Veracrypt and patches for Apple devices
#petermarbaise #tuxoche #encryption #veracrypt #cryptomator #ipad #patch #ios
http://tuxo.li/1e8

»#Britain’s #encryption #crackdown: #RichardAllan — and a host of tech execs — are working to thwart rules that could see #encryptedmessenger apps monitored.« https://www.politico.eu/article/whatsapp-signal-meta-facebook-uk-online-safety-bill-encryption/?eicker.news #tech #media

The #UK Government Knows How Extreme The #OnlineSafetyBill Is
#privacy #encryption
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/09/uk-government-knows-how-extreme-online-safety-bill

Wochenrückblick 35-2023 mit Cryptomator undVeracrypt und Patches für Apple Geräte
#petermarbaise #tuxoche #encryption #veracrypt #cryptomator #ipad #patch #ios
http://tuxo.li/1e7

This one is for the techie people out there into encryption. I used PGP for about 2 weeks with somebody and then realised that literally no one else in my circles uses it or even knows what it is. I just skimmed this quickly and maybe it's of interest to some people who follow me here. (Note it's from 2019 but probably still applies)

Latacora: The PGP Problem
https://www.latacora.com/blog/2019/07/16/the-pgp-problem/

#pgp #encryption #tech #privacy

Just published an encryption scheme/proposal for my end-to-end encrypted social media app. Always curious for feedback:

https://github.com/bianchidotdev/bubbli#encryption-scheme

Diagram: https://github.com/bianchidotdev/bubbli/blob/main/encryption-scheme.mmd

#e2ee #socialmedia #encryption #cryptography

#UK govt is mad, it wants to implement a technology that doesn't exist to read all our private messages rather than implement investment in stopping serious crime

#OnlineSafetyBill
#HumanRights
#Encryption

https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/omnishambles-over-encrypted-messages-continues/

The government knows and has admitted it cannot scan messages without undermining or breaking encryption, but wants to pretend otherwise. It is playing us for fools. #onlinesafetybill #encryption #e2ee

https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/omnishambles-over-encrypted-messages-continues/

It’s been a confusing week for those of us trying to understand what the UK Government is doing with its plans to break end-to-end encryption. This article by @jim and I tried to make sense of the omnishambles https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/omnishambles-over-encrypted-messages-continues/ #spyclause #e2ee #onlinesafetybill #privacy #encryption

New quantum random number generator could revolutionize #encryption: Digital information exchange can be safer, cheaper and more environmentally friendly with the help of a new type of encryption developed at Linköping University 🛡️🔐

https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2023/09/08/random-number-generator-encryption/?utm_content=buffer077c1&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bufferapp.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Researchers entered a competition that aims to find algorithms that can successfully withstand #cyberattacks from #quantumcomputers, which will be capable of breaking current #encryption methods: http://go.tum.de/052015

#cybersecurity

📷A. Eckert

Michelle Donelan, MP (with the Home Office in addition to DSIT) "said further work to develop the technology was needed but added that government-funded research had shown it was possible. This, incidentally is entirely untrue: their researchers were at pains to explain that the technology is unfit for purpose:"

#OnlineSafetyBill #E2EE #encryption

Join #OpenRightsGroup https://www.openrightsgroup.org/join/
FF @JamesBaker @openrightsgroup

Would UK courts have punished messaging companies for not using non-existent technology?
If not, what has changed?
#encryption #onlinesafetybill

Exciting news! TPM-backed Full Disk Encryption is on its way to Ubuntu!

🔒 Get ready for a smoother, more secure experience and say goodbye to manual passphrases during boot!

The secret used to decrypt the encrypted data will be protected by a TPM and recovered automatically only by early boot software that is authorised to access the data.

🔗 Read more:
https://ubuntu.com/blog/tpm-backed-full-disk-encryption-is-coming-to-ubuntu

#Ubuntu #linux #encryption #security

UPDATE: the UK hasn't backed down from the #OnlineSafetyBill's requirements, saying that "If there was a situation where the mitigations that the social media providers are taking are not enough, and if after further work with the regulator they still can't demonstrate that they can meet the requirements within the bill, then the conversation about technology around encryption takes place."

https://www.reuters.com/technology/uk-minister-says-position-encryption-not-changed-2023-09-07/

#encryption #privacy #security

Join EDRi to talk #encryption, #surveillance and #privacy.
On 26 September 2023, EDRi will discuss the role of encryption in the age of surveillance with experts and policymaker - European Digital Rights (EDRi) ⁦‪@edri

https://edri.org/take-action/events/save-the-date-join-edri-to-talk-encryption-surveillance-and-privacy/

The Comedy of Errors That Let China-Backed Hackers Steal Microsoft’s #SigningKey

After leaving many questions unanswered, #Microsoft explains in a new postmortem the series of slipups that allowed attackers to steal and abuse a valuable #cryptographic key.
#privacy #security #encryption #china

https://www.wired.com/story/china-backed-hackers-steal-microsofts-signing-key-post-mortem/