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Signal messenger is hosted on Amazon, Google and Microsoft servers
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#signal

I’ve been on Fedi for a year now and have fallen in love with the platform, so here’s my introduction! I studied computer science with a focus on RTOS and FP/PL, but I’m about to start my final semester of law school. I’ll be practicing at a boutique firm that primarily handles IP cases once I’m barred. I foilboard and I play way too many rhythm games in and out of the arcade.

I contribute to open source projects where I can, and I write up my experience in my digital garden which I’ve been maintaining for over a year now. It’s also a good place to find usage tips for projects/tools that you might want to use.

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My passion for tech also includes privacy, and I’m an advocate for minimizing your digital footprint. GenAI is a scam and its purveyors are causing real harm while they sell it as hard as they can.

Follow me for: #selfhosting #digitalgardening #privacy #lawfedi #section230 #copyright #patents #rustlang #gleam #haskell #RSS #neovim #NixOS #zotero #tmux #alacritty #linux #egpu #qemu #arch #archlinux #GNOME #watches #watchmaking #obsidian #obsidianmd #thunderbird #fpv #mechkeys #mechkeeb #mechanicalkeyboard #matrix #signal #fido2 #passkeys #dancerushstardom

be-far's Digital Garden

Tip You will own nothing, and you will be happy. On my little corner of the internet, I document my adventures in tech and complain about the internet of shit.

^be-far.com

Werft mal einen Blick auf die Messenger-Matrix. Trotz aller Bemühungen kann es sein, dass nicht alle Informationen zu den Messengern aktuell sind. In diesem Fall bitte ich um Rückmeldung, damit ich die Matrix anpassen kann. ❤️ 👇

messenger-matrix.de/messenger-…

FAQ: codeberg.org/kuketzblog/www.me…

#briar #conversations #xmpp #deltachat #discord #element #matrix #facebook #google #imessage #jami #line #session #signal #simplex #siskin #skype #telegram #teleguard #threema #viber #whatsapp #wire

www.messenger-matrix.de

Die Messenger-Matrix bietet einen Überblick über die verschiedenen (technischen) Merkmale diverser Messenger. Die Matrix wird auf www.messenger-matrix.de gehostet.

^Codeberg.org

Also mir gefällt #SimpleX am besten. Danach kommt #Signal. Dann nichts mehr.

Ich bin dafür, dass ihr Telegram entfernt.

fyi to linux users, the unofficial signal desktop flatpak doesnt use the freedesktop Secrets API no matter what you do and leaves your keys completely unencrypted

you can just dump ~/.var/apps/org.signal.Signal and read everything stored

if you're concerned, you should probably use the native package

#linux #flatpak #signal #Security

So... #Signal and #Wire, which both have issues, but not #Matrix / #XMPP? And for video, 2 #YouTube front ends and a proprietary YouTube clone, but no direct mention of #Peertube? And for Translation, the proprietary #Deepl, but no mention of the local and #Privacy respecting #Firefox #translate

I appreciate the intent of this post, but the research is... outdated at best.

🛡️ Under Meredith Whittaker, Signal Is Out to Prove Surveillance Capitalism Wrong
— WIRED

｢ Signal is, in many ways, the exact opposite of the Silicon Valley model. It’s a nonprofit that has never taken investment, makes its product available for free, has no advertisements, and collects virtually no information on its users—while competing with tech giants and winning ｣

wired.com/story/meredith-whitt…

#signal #privacy #surveillance #encryption

If you read the recent _Against XMPP+OMEMO_ article, it might be interesting to come back and read its comment section there as well as the following article:

Against Silos+Signal
moparisthebest.com/against-sil…

#XMPP #OMEMO #E2EE #Signal

This is a bit of a concern @signalapp hopefully this is addressed sooner

@Mer__edith
#Signal #Bug #security

#linux

#Tutanota and #protonmail
#protonvpn
#dashlane and #protonsecurity
#portmaster
#joplin and #standardnotes
#firefox and #duckduckgo #brave
#signal and #element
#duomobile #authy

#cybersecurity

Der Messenger #Telegram ist für eine sichere Kommunikation nicht geeignet - standardmäßig sind die Nachrichten nicht einmal Ende-zu-Ende verschlüsselt. Besser geeignet sind #Signal oder #Threema. Übrigens: Elon Musk ist das Paradebeispiel eines Trolls. Einfach ignorieren. 😉

Wer eine Entscheidungshilfe für einen Messenger sucht: messenger-matrix.de/messenger-…

#sicherheit #security #schwachstelle #e2ee #vulnerabilty #musk #durow

@protonprivacy
#ProtonMail, #ProtonCalendar, #ProtonVPN, #ProtonDrive, and #ProtonPass.

@obsidian
Replaced my usage of #StandardNotes

@session
Replaced my usage of #Signal

@calyxos
Revamped my old #Pixel

@veracrypt
My usage is infinite...

@keepassxc
Always on a #VeraCrypt volume
My #totp generator...

#Protectli #FW4B running #pfsense...

Meh... but no one knows what tomorrow will bring...

#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.

messenger-matrix.de/messenger-…

#messenger #element #matrix #signal #simplex #telegram #line
#threema #viber #whatsapp #wire

Signal is working on the ability to set nicknames and add notes to contacts! Notes and nicknames will only be visible to you and will be end-to-end encrypted.

This feature is currently available in Signal for Android v7.2, but it will likely come to other platforms soon. Please note that this feature is currently under active development, so its design and functionality are subject to change.

#signal

We've launched the world's first #quantumsecure email platform! 💪

Like #Signal and #Apple we are now protecting your data against quantum computer attacks. ⚛️ 🔒

Learn more about Tuta's largest update so far! 🥳🎉 tuta.com/blog/post-quantum-cry…

#Signal
Ayé enfin le nom d'utilisateur.
Souvenez vous qu'il est fait pour être éphémère si vous le souhaitez. Vous pouvez en changer n'importe quand.
(Oui le numéro à la fin est obligatoire, mais vous pouvez le changer)

C'est cool de pouvoir choisir plusieurs manières pour les gens de vous contacter: nom d'utilisateur, URL ou QR code.

Et le réglage de la confidentialité du numéro de téléphone (séparé) est bien :

🧵👆
They have spent countless hours and some chunk of money to add features that the common user doesn't even use (e.g stories which since it's launch, even Signal themselves does not use it to update users of development 🤦)

Many of my contacts already left #Signal ! 🤕😮‍💨

Yes I have recurring donation to them. Yes, I'm trying to keep calm, but damn it, this is ridiculous that Signal is still this much behind the market. Stability, quality, features, design, using phone number,... . Come on!

Exposing my DID and then farming my contact database so it can tell me when people I know sign up for #Signal (and Vice Verse - it tells people who have your DID in their contact database when you're a signal user too) is an egregious invasion of my privacy!!!

I do understand that Signal has been working to get rid of the #DID requirement, and received notification of such a day or so ago, but there's still a bad taste left in my mouth for encroachments.

#tallship

⛵️

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The next beta version of #Signal will be version 7.0.0.
There's a good reason for the round number. This will be the first version where usernames and phone number privacy are available outside of the staging environment.
From this version on, you'll be able to talk to people on Signal without revealing your phone number, and also, you may use Signal without revealing to people who have your number saved that you do.
This is huge.
github.com/signalapp/Signal-An…

#Privacy #FOSS #OpenSource #PNP

Comparing v6.47.4...v7.0.0 · signalapp/Signal-Android

A private messenger for Android. Contribute to signalapp/Signal-Android development by creating an account on GitHub.

^GitHub

Danke für #FreeSoftware - mein Arbeits Alltag wäre nicht der gleiche ohne #OpenSource

Ganz besonders Dankbar bin ich für #LibreOffice, #Firefox, #Thunderbird, #Nextcloud, #Wordpress & #KDEnlive und so viele weitere Projekte wie #Signal

#SoftwareFreedom #ILoveFS #FLOSS

@fsfe mastodon.social/@fsfe/11192840…

Telegram leaks your IP address to anyone in your contacts during a call. And a researcher has created a tool to easily exploit this.

#Telegram says this is expected behavior, so there's nothing to fix or change.

That's why our top WhatsApp alternatives are #Signal and #Threema: tuta.com/blog/best-whatsapp-al…

More on this story: techcrunch.com/2023/10/19/tele…

#Threema hat heute einen Blogpost veröffentlicht, der sich mit der Problematik der Google/Apple Push-Dienste auseinandersetzt. Vorbildlich! Von Signal fehlt mir so eine Stellungnahme noch @Mer__edith

threema.ch/de/blog/posts/push-…

#messenger #threema #signal #security #sicherheit #datenschutz #privacy

Push-Benachrichtigungen und Datenschutz

Seit einigen Tagen werden Push-Benachrichtigungen und deren Implikationen für den Datenschutz heiss diskutiert. Auslöser war der Brief eines US-Senators ans Justizministerium (DOJ), worin gefordert wird, dass Betreiber von Push-Diensten – insb.

^threema.ch

#Signal with monthly donation.
#Threema if I don't want to share my phone number.

#SimpleX #privacy

If you do 1 thing today, use @Tutanota and forward your #gmail and #hotmail to your new inbox. Take back your mailbox!

For your second thing, switch to an encrypted messenger like #Signal and get your friends and family on it. It's so easy.

#cybersecurity #cybersecurityawarenessmonth #E2EE #globalencryptionday #privacy

Share this with your friends and family and spread #privacy! yt.artemislena.eu/watch?v=MFlF… 🥰

Jestli něco ničí moji pozornost, je to neustálé odpovídání na různých chatovacích aplikacích.

I když se to snažím stáhnout na minimum, tak mám 4 - Signal, Whatsapp, iMessage, Twitter a Linkedin zprávy.

Před rokem jsem objevila #Beeper a dneska konečně dostala přístup.

Pořád mě ale nejde do hlavy, jak je na tom s bezpečností, například u kryptovaných messengerů jako je #Signal.

Pokud by to fungovalo, je to topovka.

Poradí zkušenější? Odkaz tady: beeper.com/

Beeper — All your chats in one app. Yes, really.

A single app to chat on iMessage, WhatsApp, and 13 other chat networks. You can search, snooze, or archive messages. And with a unified inbox, you’ll never miss a message again.

^{www.beeper.com}

Today, two open letters from academics on the scientific arguments against the current #CSS (client side scanning) initiatives have been released:

* The first (in English, internationally coordinated) one is online at tinyurl.com/CSAScientistsLette… and still open for additional signatures.

* The second (in German, by #Austrian academics) one is online at ins.jku.at/chatcontrol/ and explicitly includes law experts in addition to the arguments from a security, privacy, and AI perspective.

This debate is expected to gain new steam with #Spain taking over the EU council presidency, given recently leaked statements like "Ideally, in our view, it would be desirable to legislatively prevent EU-based service providers from implementing end-to-end encryption" (wired.co.uk/article/europe-bre…).

Please boost on any channels you deem adequate. The discussion is still open, and we have little time to bring it to a more rational level.

#csam #law #eu #privacy #dataprotection #privacy #humanrights #messenger #chat #chatcontrol #signal #whatsapp #telegram #threema #e2ee

Leaked Government Document Shows Spain Wants to Ban End-to-End Encryption

In response to an EU proposal to scan private messages for illegal material, the country's officials said it is “imperative that we have access to the data.”

^{Lily Hay Newman (WIRED UK)}

Great read:
ploum.net/2023-03-09-losing-si…

> #Signal published a blog post on how we were all different and they were trying to adapt to those differences. Signal was for everyone, told the title. Ironically, that very same day, I’ve lost access to my account.

> I’ve suddenly been excluded from all the conversations with my friends because I very slightly but unacceptably deviated from the norm.

> 3yrs ago, I thought having a black and white screen on my own phone was more comfortable for my eyes.

Losing Signal

Losing Signal écrit par Ploum, Lionel Dricot, ingénieur, écrivain de science-fiction, développeur de logiciels libres.

^ploum.net

#Signal threatens to exit the UK if the Online Safety Bill weakened encryption.

But we will not make it so easy: We will not 'walk' from the UK.

If Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his government want to stop people in the UK to use strong encryption, he must block access to Tutanota - just like Russia and Iran.

The UK would be on the same level as authoritarian regimes like Russia & Iran.

Read our full statement & fight for strong encryption with us! 🔒💪👇

tutanota.com/blog/posts/uk-und…

Dear Mr. Sunak, will you block access to encryption, just like Russia & Iran?

Tutanota: We will not 'walk out' of UK like Signal. Nor will we comply with any request to bypass our encryption.

^Tutanota

A reminder to turn on registration lock if you’re using Signal messenger.

vice.com/en/article/qjkvxv/how…

#signal #twilio #hack

How a Third-Party SMS Service Was Used to Take Over Signal Accounts

Unknown attackers targeted Signal users after they broke into the systems of communications services company Twilio.

^{Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai (VICE)}

Guida ai sistemi di messaggistica, fatta bene.

#matrix #element #whatsapp #signal #threema #xmpp #briar #telegram #skype #discord #imessage

Belgium wants to ban Signal – a harbinger of European policy to come

edri.org/our-work/belgium-want…

#europe #privacy #signal

Belgium wants to ban Signal – a harbinger of European policy to come - European Digital Rights (EDRi)

Last week, the Belgian government launched a proposal that would ban Signal. What's going on?

^{European Digital Rights (EDRi)}