praveen, to random
@praveen@social.masto.host avatar

India first democracy to ban encrypted messaging apps on massive scale.

Only days before Press Freedom Day, India banned apps for secure communication because of "terrorists" use.

https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/apps-banned-india

#india #democracy #element #briar #privacy

Tutanota, to random
@Tutanota@mastodon.social avatar

first democracy to ban encrypted apps like & saying these were used by "terrorists": https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/apps-banned-india

1/2

downey, to random
@downey@floss.social avatar

🚨 Here's the important news about that statists REALLY want to distract you from seeing or talking about this week:

🇮🇳 Government in just blocked 14 different encrypted apps such as and .

🔒 Privacy is a human right. Protect it with all your might.

:boost_love: Spread the word.

https://epaper.mvkashmir.com/epaper/edition/198/paper/page/3

praveen, to random
@praveen@social.masto.host avatar

India bans open source messaging apps for security reasons. FOSS community says good luck

https://www.theregister.com/2023/05/09/india_messaging_apps_ban/

kuketzblog, to Discord German
@kuketzblog@social.tchncs.de avatar

🚨 Größere Überarbeitung der Messenger-Matrix:

  • App-Icons hinzugefügt
  • aTox entfernt, Viber hinzugefügt
  • Neue Kategorie "Benutzbarkeit"
  • Neues Kriterium "Post-Quantum Verschlüsselung"
  • Diverse Aktualisierungen

https://www.messenger-matrix.de/messenger-matrix.html

#messenger #briar #conversations #deltachat #discord #element #matrix #imessage #jami #signal #simplex #siskin #skype #telegram #threema #viber #whatsapp #wire

kuketzblog, to Discord German
@kuketzblog@social.tchncs.de avatar

Service-Toot: Die Messenger-Matrix wurde aktualisiert. Die Empfehlung für Threema wurde angepasst, nachdem nun ein formaler Sicherheitsaudit für das Krypto-Protokoll vorliegt.

https://www.messenger-matrix.de/

#messenger #briar #conversations #deltachat #discord #element #imessage #jami #signal #simplex #siskin #skype #telegram #threema #atox #whatsapp #wire #xmpp #matrix

briar, to random

Briar Community Meetup at #CCCamp23

Come and meet #Briar users and devs at CCCamp23! On Friday 18th, at 12:30 pm in the Digitalcourage Talks tent (53.029934, 13.307683).

https://events.ccc.de/camp/2023/hub/camp23/de/event/briar-community-meetup/

kuketzblog, to Discord German
@kuketzblog@social.tchncs.de avatar

. Die Überarbeitung der Messenger-Matrix ist nun vollständig abgeschlossen. Über einen Tipp/Klick auf Teilen würde ich mich riesig freuen, damit sich die Messenger-Übersicht (weiter) verbreitet. ❤️ 👍

Deutsch: https://www.messenger-matrix.de/messenger-matrix.html
Englisch: https://www.messenger-matrix.de/messenger-matrix-en.html
FAQ: https://www.messenger-matrix.de/#faq
Mitarbeit: https://codeberg.org/kuketzblog/www.messenger-matrix.de

praveen, to random
@praveen@social.masto.host avatar

Free Software Community of India (#FSCI) statement on banning of apps like @element and @briar

"Federated, peer-to-peer, encrypted, Free Software apps/software like #Element and #Briar, should be promoted. They are key to our national security as they provide means to enable sovereign, private and secure communication to citizens of India. Element has been embraced by Governments of France, Germany and Sweden which should be an example for #India."

https://codema.in/p/eQOpEgZd/publish-our-statement-on-banning-of-element-and-briar

retiolus, (edited ) to random
@retiolus@mamot.fr avatar

For a long time I looked for this, I couldn't find it, so I made a tutorial:

Briar Mailbox Server CLI Installation Guide

https://retiolus.net/posts/briar-mailbox-server-cli-installation-guide/

#Briar #BriarMailBox #MailBox

kuketzblog, to random German
@kuketzblog@social.tchncs.de avatar

Liebe Community, es ist erneut #Followerpower gefragt. Ich möchte die Messenger-Matrix aktualisieren bzw. auf neuesten Stand bringen. Das geht mit vielen Augen einfacher. Wenn ihr etwas seht, was nicht mehr aktuell ist, dann einfach Nachricht an mich. Danke euch! ❤️ 👍

https://www.messenger-matrix.de/messenger-matrix.html

#messenger #signal #whatsapp #briar #threema #matrix #telegram #simplex

praveen, to random
@praveen@social.masto.host avatar

"Criminals have used telephones and mobile phones since they were invented. Drug smugglers use airplanes and boats, radios and satellite phones. Society survives all of this because the good uses of infrastructure far outweigh the bad uses, even though the good uses are – by and large – small and pedestrian and the bad uses are rare and spectacular."

From 2009, still relevant. #india
The call then was to ban Google Earth, now it is apps like #element and #briar.
https://www.schneier.com/essays/archives/2009/01/terrorists_may_use_g.html

kuketzblog, to Signal German
@kuketzblog@social.tchncs.de avatar

Wer es noch nicht kennt: Die Messenger-Matrix bietet einen Überblick über die verschiedenen (technischen) Merkmale diverser Messenger. 👇

Matrix: https://www.messenger-matrix.de
FAQ: https://www.messenger-matrix.de/#faq
Mitwirken: https://codeberg.org/kuketzblog/www.messenger-matrix.de

cacu, to TierraSapiens Spanish
@cacu@todon.nl avatar

colaboro desde hace 8 años en traducir, localizar proyectos de y como una forma de acercar información a mi comunidad y para aprender de los temas que me gustan, lo hago para , etc

localization lab transifex
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praveen, to random
@praveen@social.masto.host avatar
kuketzblog, to Discord German
@kuketzblog@social.tchncs.de avatar

Neue Version Messenger-Matrix. Änderungen:

  • Security-Audits werden neutral bewertet, falls vorhanden. Audits verlinkt
  • Selbstzerstörende Nachrichten werden neutral bewertet
  • Telegram werbefrei: Nein
  • SimpleX Finanzierung: Kapitalgeber ergänzt

https://www.messenger-matrix.de/

#messenger #briar #deltachat
#discord #matrix #signal #simplex #telegram #threema
#whatsapp

samanthagroves, to opsec

A post with some basic #opsec links:

On how Google and Apple have been spying on you via push notifications (for years): https://www.reuters.com/technology/cybersecurity/governments-spying-apple-google-users-through-push-notifications-us-senator-2023-12-06/

Signal statement on the subject by their CEO (they say that no sensitive data is included in their push notifications): https://mastodon.world/

Why should you still care?

  • Do a quick search for 'Michael Hayden" + “We Kill People Based on Metadata” (obviously use anything but google)

The Electric Frontier Foundation @eff is a good place to check for updates and an account to follow to choose the tools that are right for you.

#Deltachat, a cross platform chat program relying on the IMAP/SMTP protocol (email) with easy to set up encryption via autocrypt: https://delta.chat/en/help#encryption-and-security

Deltachat relies on IMAP/SMTP (emailK so make sure that you set up a new address with a provider you trust and use an username that can't be linked back to your usual nicknames or worse: your government name.

#Briar is an IM client with mesh support (aka peer to peer) you can restrict communication to your local network to Bluetooth, and redirect internet traffic via tor: https://briarproject.org/manual/
Do note that any blog you posted can't ever be deleted and that you will systematically be sharing your Bluetooth address (you can nuke your account at any time)

#Tails is a portable OS which allows you to "temporarily turn your own computer into a secure machine. You can also stay safe while using the computer of somebody else": https://tails.net/about/index.en.html

Obviously you should be aware of #Tor : https://www.torproject.org/ and check your fedi account for common mistakes: https://distro.f-91w.club/masto-opsec

Last but not least, for IRL shit this is as good a place to start as any: https://opsec.riotmedicine.net/ (by @hakan_geijer)

Stay safe, wear a mask, be they, do crimes and ffs, don't ever talk about the later!

And if you do have a criticism towards the one or other mentioned app, please do share it!

brayd, to Signal

are always a struggle...
is awesome but isn't decentralized
is awesome and decentralized but leaks metadata
is awesome but isn't decentralized
is awesome but is only available for Android

Currently using and with my main focus on Matrix because of it being decentralized, but I wish Matrix would be a bit better in regards to preventing metadata leakage.

Which messenger do you use and what's your opinion about this topic?

kyonshi, to random
@kyonshi@dice.camp avatar

Hmmm... did anyone ever think about making a sort of local bulletin board system with a small computer/old phone/sbc? The machine provides a wifi hot spot, but when logged on people only have access to a single local website where they can post messages to one another.

One could even have messages carried between multiple of these systems style. Kind of an alternet.

viq,
@viq@hackerspace.pl avatar

@kyonshi
The last part sounds a bit like what #briar does / can do.

tuneintodetuned, to telegram Spanish
@tuneintodetuned@mastodon.social avatar

Es curioso como cambian las cosas. Si bien en 2021 salía un documento, presuntamente del FBI, poniendo a #Telegram por encima de #Signal y #Threema en cuestión de privacidad porque la compañía siempre se niega a colaborar con las autoridades y porque por mucho que se teorice sobre sus debilidades no han llegado a hackearlo, lo que sí hackearon los rusos fueron smartphones específicos, probablemente con algun malware como Pegasus (o infiltrándose en chats grupales), para acceder a conversaciones.

tuneintodetuned, (edited )
@tuneintodetuned@mastodon.social avatar

Aquí se habla del documento en cuestión:
https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2021/12/heres-what-data-the-fbi-can-get-from-whatsapp-imessage-signal-telegram-and-more
En 3 años deben haber mejorado sus métodos en el FBI. Pero indistintamente de esto, hay puntos más vulnerables como:

  • El usuario (ingeniería social)
  • Software (malware, backdoors...)
  • Hardware (robo y bypass físico)
  • La operadora (ID por SMS y tráfico rastreable sin cifrar)
  • La nube (lo guardado en la mayoría sin cifrar o con cifrado débil).

Por esto apoyo más #SimpleX y #Briar como apps de mensajería instantánea.

#noticias

kubikpixel, to chat German
@kubikpixel@chaos.social avatar

»Kartellklage: Amazon-Führungskräfte zerstören angeblich Beweise via Signal:
Jeff Bezos, Andy Jassy und weitere Führungskräfte hätten über @signalapp für eine Kartellklage relevante Informationen ausgetauscht und wieder gelöscht, behauptet die FTC.«

Auch deswegen unterstützen die ua unauffällig @simplex finanziell und auch deswegen sehe ich dies kritisch. Ich verweise auf @briar und @cwtch obwohl es bei einigen unbekannt ist.

🔏 https://www.golem.de/news/kartellklage-amazon-fuehrungskraefte-zerstoeren-angeblich-beweise-via-signal-2404-184614.html

kubikpixel,
@kubikpixel@chaos.social avatar

🧵 …zugegeben im Artikel oben zum Thema @signalapp, geht es auch darum, dass die digitale Kommunikation die Anonymität staatlich wieder entfernt werden will 🤷‍♂️

Meine aufgelisteten Lösungen @briar und @cwtch sind (noch) nicht populär und auch deswegen (noch) nicht staatlich verfolgt und bekämpft.


pludikovsky, (edited ) to random
@pludikovsky@chaos.social avatar

Because I just came across it again: is anyone using the messenger? And if so how actively?
:BoostOK: :ReplyOK:

xro,
@xro@chaos.social avatar

@pludikovsky

I briefly met the developer 5yrs ago and had it installed for a while, but had no one to really use it with.

How far has briar come today?

tuneintodetuned, to telegram Spanish
@tuneintodetuned@mastodon.social avatar

Por cierto, quien quiera a centradas en privacidad y seguridad debería usar / o, en casos muy extremos y de manera temporal, .

Si se quiere tener mejor control sobre la mensajería instantánea es mejor que no dependa de un número de teléfono ni dirección de correo electrónico.

RandomCanuck, to Canada
@RandomCanuck@mstdn.ca avatar

Congratulations to Nunuavut’s curling team, winning at the Briar last night!

#Canada #Curling #Nunavut #Briar

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