josh, 4 months ago to Matrix

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JamesBaker, 10 months ago to privacy

Changes to the Investigatory Powers Act and technical notices and the encryption busting spy clause in the Online Safety Bill have to be viewed together. All part of a wider struggle between ordinary people’s security vs the state’s snooping abilities.

https://www.techspot.com/news/99563-uk-could-threaten-global-encryption-online-safety-bill.html #privacy #e2ee

jim, 10 months ago to apple

for those of you following the #IPA #TCNs debacle, in which #Apple and other companies are being threatened with a UK and potentially globally applicatible Permafrost against deployment of #E2EE, I've published ORG's draft consultation here along with links to the original and the email for the responses: https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/IPA_notices_consultation_draft#Minimum_change_needed

johnhamelink, 10 months ago to microsoft

Microsoft Teams is:

1. A terrible user experience
2. Slow and resource hungry
3. Low-key spyware
4. A walled garden that shuts down competition due to the way the product fundamentally works
5. With poor uptime
6. Poor discoverability
7. With insufficient privacy and notification controls
8. Aggressively and in my view inappropriately pushed - particularly into public services contracts
9. Resulting in a massive attack and personal identity fraud vector just waiting to be exploited

Perhaps we shouldn’t outsource our logistical means of communications in organisations that rely on good communication to operate? Just a thought.

https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/microsoft-faces-antitrust-scrutiny-from-the-european-union

#antitrust #microsoft #msteams #teams #chat #e2ee #xmpp #federation #walledgarden #proprietarysoftware

ilumium, 1 year ago to humanrights

"It would be desirable to legislatively prevent EU-based service providers from implementing end-to-end #encryption."

🇪🇸 #Spain is going full-on #authoritarian and doesn't even bother to hide it in nice language. 😡

https://www.wired.com/story/europe-break-encryption-leaked-document-csa-law/
#e2ee #privacy #HumanRights #digitalrights

Em0nM4stodon, 11 months ago to random

Stop attributing
personal secrecy to malice.

Secrecy is boundary.

Secrecy is civility.

Secrecy is intimacy.

Secrecy is safety.

Secrecy is security.

Secrecy is privacy.

You do not need any reason to refuse sharing something personal.

And it’s okay to give a name that isn’t yours for your order at the coffee shop.

Only you can define your own comfort in sharing your personal information. And only you should 🔒✨

#Privacy #TinyPrivacyTip #E2EE #RootForE2EE 🎉

openrightsgroup, 11 months ago (edited 11 months ago) to random

The #OnlineSafetyBill conflates “the public’s legitimate concern about bad online behaviour with the security services’ agenda of breaking #e2ee. Gaining a backdoor to encrypted chat has been on spies’ wishlist almost since the internet was invented.”

The Bill will “allow intelligence agencies to spy on ordinary citizens via technology platforms.”

#surveillance #ukpolitics #snowden

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jun/06/edward-snowden-state-surveillance-uk-online-safety-bill

openrightsgroup, 10 months ago to privacy

🕵️‍♂️ Carpe DM! The phone inspector will see you now.

With powers to scan everyone's private messages, the Online Safety Bill will create a snooper's paradise.

But there's still time to stop the spy clause. Take action today ⤵️

✍️ https://action.openrightsgroup.org/dont-scan-me

#OnlineSafetyBill #privacy #e2ee #surveillance #ukpolitics

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Em0nM4stodon, 1 year ago to fediverse

Presenting my Blog Catalogue 📚
aka a few things I wrote about:

Easy Privacy Tips 🔒 https://controlaltdelete.technology/articles/easy-practical-privacy-tips-for-everyone.html

Mastodon :mastodon:​ https://controlaltdelete.technology/articles/the-mastodons-guide-to-the-fediverse.html

E2EE Messaging Apps 💬​ https://controlaltdelete.technology/articles/the-importance-of-using-messaging-apps-with-end-to-end-encryption-which-ones-to-use-and-why.html

Proctoring Software :nes_fire:​ https://controlaltdelete.technology/articles/the-problem-with-proctoring-software.html

Compartmentalization 🍱​ https://controlaltdelete.technology/articles/improving-your-privacy-using-compartmentalization.html

Why I Started Writing a Blog :awesome:​​ https://controlaltdelete.technology/articles/introduction.html

More to come! :ablobcatbongokeyboard:

#Blogging #Privacy #Security #Mastodon #BanEProctoring #E2EE #TinyPrivacyTip

openrightsgroup, 10 months ago to privacy

We join a coalition of groups urging the UK government to remove powers to scan private messages from the Online Safety Bill.

We reject the false dichotomy between ‘privacy’ and ‘safety’ that treats citizens as the danger to be tackled online.

Find out more. #OnlineSafetyBill #privacy #e2ee #surveillance #ukpolitics

https://bylinetimes.com/2023/07/06/privacy-battle-rages-over-government-plans-which-could-end-encrypted-messaging-apps-like-whatsapp-and-telegram/

openrightsgroup, 10 months ago to privacy

"Removing the word 'privately' from the [Online Safety Bill] could preserve the security and privacy of billions of messaging app users”

We spelled it out to the government in this week’s open letter from 80 experts and groups.

Privacy is online safety. #OnlineSafetyBill #e2ee #privacy

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/06/apple-says-uk-online-safety-bill-is-serious-threat-to-end-to-end-encryption/

echo_pbreyer, 1 month ago to random German

🇩🇪 Um #Chatkontrolle zu ermöglichen fordern 32 Europäische Polizeichefs (wohl auch das #BKA) Ende-zu-Ende-Verschlüsselungsstopp. Das ist ein grundrechtswidriger Angriff auf unsere Sicherheit und das digitale Briefgeheimnis! #E2EE

Mehr: https://www.patrick-breyer.de/fuer-chatkontrolle-wollen-polizeichefs-sichere-ende-zu-ende-verschluesselung-stoppen/

je5perl, 1 month ago to random

What?? Microsoft told the EU Going Dark HLG that the problem of interception of private communications on OTT services is more technical than legal, and referred to technical work already conducted to develop real-time interception capabilities for Skype and Teams https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/document/download/1bb75432-ba0d-45f7-a068-d54a5574f5c0_en?filename=HLG%20meeting%20on%2010%20April%202024-request%20for%20input_en.pdf

Very disappointing if Microsoft is willing to undermine the security of end-to-end encryption and build backdoors for law enforcement. #E2EE

maccath, 9 days ago to DeGoogle

If I were looking to #DeGoogle my life; how do people rate (paid-for) @protonprivacy services (calendar/mail/drive)?

My main concerns are #security and #privacy.

Please ONLY share your opinions on #Proton.

If you insist on sharing other opinions, I only want to hear them if they pertain to
#FullyManaged #CloudStorage with #E2EE that is reasonably priced.

I will accept absolutely no requirement to self-host or self-maintain, no matter how 'easy' you think it is. I have money, not time.

neustradamus, 3 months ago to random

#MOVIM 0.23 "#Kojima" has been released (#XMPP / #SocialNetwork / #SocialFeed / #PubSub / #E2EE / #EndToEndEncryption / #E2EEncryption / #OMEMO / #OMEMO12byteIV / #Jabber) https://movim.eu/

ilumium, 3 months ago to random

Listening to @matthew at #Fosdem24 talking about messaging #interoperability following the #DMA and it's mindboggling to see how tiny corps like @element, #Wire and #Wickr invest in building the next generation #e2ee protocol.

#DigitalMarketsAct

thibaultamartin, 3 months ago to Signal

Huge feature rolled out in beta by the @signalapp team: Signal now supports usernames so you don't have to share your phone number 👏

Massive props to them, this was a feature many people were waiting for, and it's a huge step forward in terms of privacy

https://signal.org/blog/phone-number-privacy-usernames/

#signal #privacy #e2ee

openrightsgroup, 5 months ago to meta

A welcome move by Meta to rollout end-to-end encryption as default on Facebook and Messenger, despite political pressure from governments around the world.

This will protect the privacy and security of millions of people.

#e2ee #meta #encryption #privacy #security

https://amp.theguardian.com/technology/2023/dec/07/meta-facebook-messenger-end-to-end-encryption

thibaultamartin, 4 months ago to privacy

Everyone has a right to privacy, not just tech enthusiasts. So what does it take to design solutions to escape surveillance capitalism, at scale?

A tale of tech, systemic change, and paper keys, with real bits of @nextcloud inside

https://ergaster.org/posts/2024/01/18-escaping-surveillance-capitalism-at-scale/

#privacy #surveillance #e2ee #opensource

funkybuddha, 4 days ago to privacy

Incredible article for those interested in their #privacy in the #EU. Long read, juicy details I didn’t know:

https://mullvad.net/en/why-privacy-matters/going-dark

#security #e2ee #democracy #freedom #chat #commission #parliament #communication #im #signal #surveillance #vpn #encryption #csam #children #censorship #europe #politics #scanning #safety #bigbrother

alshafei, 1 month ago to privacy

An overview of how @simplex works and what sets it apart from other messaging apps and protocols:

https://linuxiac.com/simplex-chat/

"SimpleX is one of the most private and secure chat and applications platform that you can find out there."

#Privacy #Messaging #E2EE

MaidSafeCoin (EMAID) now available on the BitMart exchange! (safenetforum.org)

We are delighted to announce that we have partnered with #BitMart to offer a primary listing for #eMAID (ERC20 token) with trading commencing on 10 January 2024. The pair being offered is EMAID/#USDT. With the sad news of #Bittrex closing its doors last year and ending trading of Omni #MAID, this is great news for the future of...

openrightsgroup, 2 months ago to FreeSpeech

Last week we published our response to Ofcom's Online Safety Act (UK) consultation.

We've raised concerns about the threat to free expression in requirements to proactively screen users' social media content and measures that undermine end-to-end encryption.

Find out more ⬇️

#censorship #freedomofexpression #freespeech #privacy #e2ee #OnlineSafetyAct

https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/a-dangerous-precedent-for-global-censorship/

joeo10, 3 months ago to privacy

Meanwhile at the same time, Nevada is currently trying to grant a temporary restraining order to ban Meta/FB from rolling out end-to-end-encryption or #E2EE, threating #privacy and #security in the process. https://www.techdirt.com/2024/02/26/nevada-is-in-court-this-morning-looking-to-get-a-temporary-restraining-order-blocking-meta-from-using-end-to-end-encryption/

Here's @mmasnick:

"This is a full-on attack on encryption. If Nevada succeeds here, then it’s opening up courts across the country to outlaw #encryption entirely. This is a massive, dangerous attack on security and deserves much more attention."

jele, 3 months ago to random German

@digitalcourage
Sagt mal, liest #nuudel die #Zeitzone des Clientrechners aus und setzt die Zeiten in der Kalenderumfrage in die jeweilige Zeitzone um?