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…

#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)}