Direct messages (DMs) on #Mastodon / #ActivityPub / the #fediverse are not end-to-end encrypted (#e2ee) and you should never include sensitive/private information in them.
Until they are e2ee, this is all we should be telling people. Anything else is irresponsible and could cause vulnerable people harm.
Specifically, it doesn’t matter:
if your instance admin is ethical or not
whether Elon Musk can read DMs easier on Twitter
etc.
It’s not end-to-end encrypted. It’s not private. End of.
🚨 BREAKING: The UK government has confirmed it is rowing back on its plans to scan private messages.
They've finally back down with an announcement that Ofcom won't use powers in the spy clause contained in the Online Safety Bill until it's 'technically feasible' to do so.
They've conceded that no current technology exists that would protect privacy or avoid breaking encryption.
Hurra! Das Thema #Chatkontrolle und #verschlusselung geht dank #Spanien in die nächste Runde. Laut geleakter Dokumente wird sich Spanien für ein EU-weites Verbot von #EndezuEndeVerschlüsselung einsetzen. Da wird das #eugh als letzte Instanz sicherlich viel Arbeit vor sich haben.
The UK is a useful idiot for authoritarian regimes.
The Online Safety Bill is set to puncture the security of messaging apps to enable mass surveillance. It’ll give permission for it to be done in other countries.
#Telegram was blocked in my country (#Brazil) yesterday on all ISPs, and soon they will be removed from App Store and Play Store ... that's why decentralized communication apps are so important, apps like #Session and #Matrix are trending here right now.
@privacyguides@privacy would really love to ditch my smartphone for a dumb phone. I’m skeptical that my calls would no longer be #E2EE I’ve seen the Punky phone that uses Pigeon for messaging but idk about that price 😅 Any thoughts? #privacy#signal
Glad to hear Apple has killed its plans to implement privacy-destroying on-device scan and snitch into its devices (although it will make autocrats like Erdoğan unhappy to hear it because they likely had plans for it).
I've not been able to find much info about how the RCS standard works and whether it's end-to-end encryption; Apple seems to think that its encryption needs to be improved to bring it up to iMessage's encryption standard.
"An operator of a messaging service wishing to introduce an advanced security feature would now have to first let the Home Office [UK] know in advance."
Secure IT systems prevent fraud in commercial transactions and protect our private lives from undue intrusions.
If the UK government were concerned about national security, they’d want to encourage (rather than delay) security updates or end to end encryption.
In diesem Dokument bestätigen diverse EU-Mitgliedsstaaten, dass die “Slippery Slope” zum Bruch und Zugriff auf #E2EE durch die #Chatkontrolle ihr Ziele ist