Signal is an encrypted messaging application that supports post-quantum cryptography.
Google Gmail is the email provider for Signal Messenger LLC, this is the company that develops the Signal messaging application and the Signal protocol.
Signal support can be contacted from within the application by going to Signal Settings (profile) > Help > Contact Us.
After a long hesitation I finally installed #Signal. Along with Fb Messenger, WhatsApp, Instagram, Google Messages… it is yet another #messaging app on which I have to make myself available. For only a dozen of contacts listed, I still wonder if it is worth it.
@clement_la_baleine
C'est vrai qu'on pourrait se heurter aux mêmes barrières que pour Threads/Fediverse, à savoir un potentiel boycott de la part des autres acteurs et l'option en "opt-in" côté Meta.
Pakistan has sentenced a 22-year-old student to death over photos and videos he is believed to have shared over WhatsApp. The BBC has the details: https://flip.it/Z-1IVV
@ilyess
I think it is important to consider that usernames can be a subpoena subject for a request.
So if username is used in a non ephemeral way, #Signal will provide the phone number behind the username.
I think I've tried some other TUIs before but that was a few years ago and none of them were really that great, so I'm curious to try out this new one :)
Fascinating ... Apple joins Signal to provide the most secure end-to-end encrypted messaging protocols. Note: Apple engineers created their own “Levels” and magically theirs is the highest. ;) But regardless, this is obviously strong encryption.
"Support for PQ3 will start to roll out with the public releases of iOS 17.4, iPadOS 17.4, macOS 14.4, and watchOS 10.4, and is already in the corresponding developer preview and beta releases.”
#Apple strengthens iMessage end-to-end encryption with post-quantum cryptography: PQ3.
"iMessage now meets this goal with a new cryptographic protocol that we call PQ3, offering the strongest protection against quantum attacks and becoming the only widely available messaging service to reach Level 3 security"
@greypilgrim oh yeah, none of this is open source so we kinda have to take their word for it. Plus, there’s no mention of metadata so I’m assuming nothing changed in that department. Meaning Apple still knows who talks to who, how often, for how long, etc.
#1 way you know your org is using @matrix for communication: the ratio of content-bearing messages to "could you please discard your session?" messages is significantly < 1:0. #matrix#messaging#chat
@elb@matrix matrix-rust-sdk-crypto based clients (eg new logins on Element Web) should be much better than the old js/ios/android-sdk based clients. Please submit bug reports with logs from sender and receiver as we are very actively chasing these atm.
@matrix I believe that most of the users at my org are using Element Desktop, with a smaller portion using Element Web or Fluffy Chat. The most frequent "offenders", non-scientifically-speaking, seem to me to be Element Desktop and Element iOS (not sure which side of that equation is the problem) users. Not all users annotate their clients, so I can't say for sure.
Please tell me the new client is also less giant and slow and doesn't bundle an entire browser.
#Cybersecurity#Apple#Encryption#Messaging#RCS: "On its own, the core RCS protocol is currently not any more secure than SMS. The protocol is not encrypted by default, meaning that anyone at your phone company or any law enforcement agent (ordinarily with a warrant) will be able to see the contents and metadata of your RCS messages. The RCS protocol by itself does not specify or recommend any type of end-to-end encryption. The only encryption of messages is in the incidental transport encryption that happens between your phone and a cell tower. This is the same way it works for SMS.
But what’s exciting about RCS is its native support for extensions. Google has taken advantage of this ability to implement its own plan for encryption on top of RCS using a version of the Signal protocol. As of now, this only works for users who are both using Google’s default messaging app (Google Messages), and whose phone companies support RCS messaging (the big three in the U.S. all do, as do a majority around the world)."
È anche questo un effetto del Digital Markets Act #DMA dell'#EU
È chiaro che un'operazione di questo tipo sia complessa (basta pensare alla gestione dell'#encryption), ma l'abbattimento dei #walled#garden e del predominio dei #gatekeeper è comunque un vantaggio per gli utenti