Whittaker said Signal would not abide by the proposed law, and highlighted concerns about privacy and the need for tech leaders to take a stand against socially accepted surveillance.
Hopefully if we can show @signalapp that there is interest, they will finally claim the #Flatpak (and hopefully the #Arm version from Elagost 1 at the same time)
Je confirme : opposez-vous à #chatcontrol , un magnifique projet de merde #europeen qui va violemment violer votre vie privée, sous prétexte de protéger les enfants et combattre le terrorisme.
The only thing I need DMs on #ActivityPub / #Mastodon for is to tell someone how to get me on #Signal for private communications. Let's not fall into the trap of #featuritis and the "one App for all". ActivityPub/Mastodon is for one to many communication. Shoehorning one-to-one communication to that feels wrong, IMHO @evan
Congrats to #Signal for taking on the challenge of becoming quantum secure! 👏
You are setting the bar in making sure all our data stays secure, now and in the future - and we are excited to follow your footsteps on this important path. 🤩
If you only read one article this year, it has to be THIS by @Mer__edith, the president of #signal :
"AI is a marketing term, not a technical term of art. [...]
This is also why it’s imperative that we recognize mass surveillance – and ultimately the surveillance business model – as the root of the large-scale tech we’re currently calling “AI”."
It's my daughter's second birthday! I setup Sugar Labs on an old laptop MacBook Air. The laptop had a broken keyboard so I bought her a cheap fun keyboard and mouse combo.
Sugar Labs is neat, it's got a simple UI which will help her learn how to navigate and a few simple programs for her to play with. It has a simple Python IDE but it might be a little while until she's ready to play with that. It has a web browser too so I might setup some custom Home Assistant dashboards so she can change the lights, control her train, etc. And I'll see if I can setup Signal or alike so she can call her grandparents.
I remember playing on our family Amstrad CPC when I was 4yo. It came with BASIC and it was my first exposure to coding. I want my daughter to have the opportunity to be a creator of tech instead of just a consumer of tech.
I don't want to give #signal access to my contacts, yet every time it asks me I can say "yes" or "not now" and if I click "not now" it just says "we'll remind you later"
How about you just respect my desire to not share my contacts instead hmm
#Followerpower ist gefragt. Nachdem großen Update der Messenger-Matrix habe ich noch den Line-Messenger ergänzt. Ich bitte alle #Follower mal einen prüfenden Blick auf die Matrix zu werfen - insbesondere auf jene Messenger, die ihr selbst benutzt. Sollten Angaben nicht stimmen bzw. überarbeitet werden, so meldet das bitte. Entweder hier oder über die Projektseite.
Jetzt wird es ernst: Der Messenger #Signal 📱 erlaubt nun den ersten öffentlichen Test der lang ersehnten Benutzernamen. Die Mobilfunknummer ist zwar weiter verpflichtend für Registrierung und Betrieb der App, ABER man kann künftig einstellen, nicht mehr über die Nummer gefunden zu werden UND man muss sie anderen auch nicht mehr mitteilen, um chatten zu können. Es reicht dann aus, den Username weiterzugeben.
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.”
We're getting reports that #Signal v7.0 is starting to roll out to all users on Android, iOS, and Desktop.This release includes usernames and phone-number-privacy!
On Android and iOS, check for updates in your app store. On Desktop, the update should automatically appear when you open the app.
Signal president Meredith Whittaker rejects ‘mass surveillance’ U.K. law (fortune.com)
Whittaker said Signal would not abide by the proposed law, and highlighted concerns about privacy and the need for tech leaders to take a stand against socially accepted surveillance.
Apple joins opposition to encrypted message app scanning. (www.bbc.com)
Signal Messenger, iMessage, and others could be forced to scan for child abuse images under the Online Safety Bill.