Is there an #E2EE messenger in 2025, that:
- doesn't depend on anything US (e.g. not #Signal)
- is reasonably secure (e.g. not #Matrix)
- runs on all platforms (e.g. not #Briar)
- doesn't depend on commercial servers (e.g. not #Threema)

Anything?

"Google refuses to deny it received encryption order from UK government"

The UK’s encryption-breaking order for a backdoor into iCloud isn’t a one-off.

The secret hearing happening RIGHT NOW is bigger than just Apple. If the government wins, our right to privacy and security falls.

Other services will be hit.

therecord.media/google-refuses…

Sign our petition ➡️ you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions…

#e2ee #encryption #apple #google #privacy #security #cybersecurity #ukpol #ukpolitics #tech

Google refuses to deny it received encryption order from UK government

U.S. lawmakers say Google has refused to deny that it received a Technical Capability Notice from the U.K. — a mechanism to access encrypted messages that Apple reportedly received.

^{therecord.media}

📣 Break the silence: Save encryption!

The UK government wants to be able to access anything, anywhere, any time — from your pics to your docs.

It begins with Apple. Other services will be next. That's why we must take a stand NOW!

Sign and share our petition ⬇️

you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions…

#encryption #e2ee #Apple #privacy #security #cybersecurity #ukpolitics #ukpol #icloud #tech

Keep our Apple data encrypted

It is reported that the Home Office has ordered Apple to build a backdoor into its encrypted services so that they can get hold of content that any Apple user has upload to the cloud. Encryption keeps our private information safe and secure.

^{38 Degrees}

The message is clear across the political divide: let's hear it!

The UK government should argue in open court why they want to make us less secure by ordering a backdoor into Apple encryption.

A secret Tribunal would be an affront to the privacy and security issues at stake. It must be held in public.

Read the joint letter from ORG, Big Brother Watch and Index on Censorship ⬇️

openrightsgroup.org/press-rele…

#Apple #encryption #e2ee #privacy #security #cybersecurity #ukpol #ukpolitics #tech

Make the Investigatory Powers Tribunal on Apple Encryption a Public Hearing

Rights groups call for Apple’s closed appeal against the Home Office’s encryption-breaching order to be opened to the public.

^{Open Rights Group}

Bipartisan US Congress Members want the secrecy around the UK's encryption-breaking order to be lifted.

"It is imperative that the UK's technical demands of Apple - and of any other US companies - be subjected to robust, public analysis and debate."

“Secret court hearings featuring intelligence agencies and a handful of individuals approved by them do not enable robust challenges on highly technical matters.”

wyden.senate.gov/news/press-re…

#encryption #e2ee #Apple #privacy #security #cybersecurity

UK MPs have joined the chorus of voices wanting the Apple case to be held in public.

"If the Home Office wants to have effectively unfettered access to the private data of the (innocent) general public, they should explain their case in front of the public."

🗣️ David Davis MP.

"People deserve to know what's happening to their private personal information."

🗣️ Victoria Collins MP.

news.sky.com/story/apple-vs-ho…

#encryption #e2ee #Apple #privacy #security #cybersecurity #ukpolitics #ukpol

Apple vs Home Office encryption court battle must be held in public, say MPs

A row between the tech giant and the government over customer data will reportedly move to London's High Court this week – but the hearing will be held behind closed doors.

^{Tim Baker (Sky News)}

📣 Make it public!

The call is getting louder for a public hearing of the appeal over the UK's order to break Apple encryption.

Alongside the joint letter from ORG, Big Brother Watch and Index on Censorship, UK MPs, US Congress Members and the BBC want the secrecy to end.

bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g0rr…

#encryption #e2ee #privacy #security #cybersecurity #ukpol #ukpolitics #Apple #tech

Pressure grows to hold secret Apple privacy hearing in public

Civil liberties campaigners have joined US politicians and the BBC in saying Friday's hearing should not be secret.

^{Tom Singleton (BBC News)}

And at the same time #Sweden is working to make #E2Ee #encryption illegal...

theregister.com/2025/02/26/sig…

Make it make sense...

Signal will withdraw from Sweden if encryption-busting laws take effect

Experts warned the UK’s recent 'victory' over Apple would kickstart something of a domino effect

^{Connor Jones (The Register)}

TIL #conversations is not just an end to encrypted, federated messenger, it can also send notifications to your apps through #unifiedpush

#xmpp #android #e2ee #decentralised

Just make sure that you aware of Tuta "E2EE" problem
news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3…

which they don't fix for years.

#tuta #tutatona #protonmail #e2ee

Wow. US CISA recommends using end to end encrypted mobile communications.

Found this via @Tutanota blog
cisa.gov/sites/default/files/2…

#itsec #cybersecurity #e2ee #infosec

We know of many #chatmail servers from Vladivostok to the US but the one from @adam_jurkiewicz might have the most intriguing design jurkiewicz.chat/ :)

With mobile Delta Chat apps, a chatmail web site allows users to click a link to create an instant chatmail profile without asking any personal data. No permission needed from Delta Chat developers to run a server, and we never learn e-mail or IP addresses from their users.

Decentralized interoperable onboarding with secure #E2EE :)

Thanks for the update! It's an interesting tradeoff to potentially let a third party decrypt the incoming traffic to get less to maintain yourselves, but of course much better to build your own solution and keep full control. Especially for a critical service.

It would be interesting to learn about first-party #DDoS mitigation techniques that could be used in other projects where #E2EE is essential. However, I suspect the implementation details used for Tuta can't be shared publicly.

→ U.S. officials urge Americans to use encrypted apps amid unprecedented cyberattack
nbcnews.com/tech/security/us-o…

“The hacking campaign, nicknamed SaltTyphoon by Microsoft, is one of the largest intelligence compromises in US history, and it has not yet been fully remediated.”

“Privacy advocates have long advocated using end-to-end encrypted E2EE apps.” *sigh*

👇

#Americans #encrypted #cyberattack #hacking #SaltTyphoon #US #Privacy #E2EE

U.S. officials urge Americans to use encrypted apps amid cyberattack

Amid an unprecedented cyberattack on telecommunications companies such as AT&T and Verizon, U.S. officials have recommended that Americans use encrypted messaging apps to ensure their communications stay hidden from foreign hackers.

^{Kevin Collier (NBC News)}

in the next #ArcaneChat release: new option to control behavior of notifications of reactions and replies to your messages as well as the new mini-apps notifications in muted chats

don't lose important replies or reactions to your messages while keeping all the uninteresting chat flood/noise away 😌

#DeltaChat #email #decentralization #e2ee #messenger #chat #im

ODF wholesome encryption is the default password (symmetric) encryption mode in LibreOffice 24.8.

Supports AES-256-GCM and Argon2id.

LibreOffice 24.2/24.8 is required to open the encrypted files.

Disable: Tools > Options > Load/Save > General > ODF Format Version > 1.3 (drop down menu) > Apply > OK

AES: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced…
GCM: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galois/C…
Argon2: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argon2

Website: libreoffice.org
Mastodon: @libreoffice

#LibreOffice #Encryption #InfoSec #Privacy #E2EE

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

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

Can anymany tell me how I'm "supposed" to use end-to-end encryption with XMPP?

As far as I can tell there are three totally different ways to do E2EE:

a)OTR : "[xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0364.h…](Not intended to be a current standard), or technical specification, as better (albeit, newer and less well tested) methods of end-to-end encryption exist for XMPP. "

b)OpenPGP: There are at least two different XEPs about it. XEP-0027 is obsolete, while XEP-0373 is "experimental" but hasn't been updated in almost three years.

c)OMEMO: "Experimental" and hasn't been updated in over two years.

Is there a way to do E2EE in XMPP which is neither deprecated nor experimental? What's the "Current stable" way to do it?

#XMPP #E2EE #EndToEndEncryption #OMEMO #OpenPGP #OTR

European Court of Human Rights (#ECHR) bans weakening of secure end-to-end #encryption - the end of EU‘s chat control #CSAR mass surveillance plans?

eureporter.co/world/human-righ…
#e2ee #europe #privacy #csar

European Court of Human Rights bans weakening of secure end-to-endencryption - the end of EU‘s chat control CSAR mass surveillance plans? - EU Reporter

The European Court of Human Rights yesterday banned a general weakeningof secure end-to-end encryption.

^{EU Reporter Correspondent (EU Reporter)}

Blazing fast Matrix, Native E2EE Group Calls, state of the art auth and potential WhatsApp interop.

Matthew covers the last year in Matrix and how it can be used to speed up the opening of communications silo required by the EU Digital Markets Act

youtu.be/s5BrVVf0B1I

#matrix #e2ee #voip #oidc #dma #whatsapp #silos

FOSDEM 2024 - Opening up communication silos with Matrix 2.0 and the EU Digital Markets Act

What role does Matrix play in opening up communications silo, as mandated by the EU Digital Markets Act? Matthew walks us through this, after a general updat...

^YouTube

# XMPP Summit 26

Continuing after the lunch break. Before, we had fruitful discussions about "next-gen" XMPP, #E2EE-Interoperability and #Spaces!

xmpp.org/2024/01/xmpp-summit-2…

#jabber #chat #interoperability
#standards #rtc #realtime #decentralization

📫GREAT Reason To Both Use / Support @thunderbird #Thunderbird

New Microsoft #Outlook Collects / Shares Your Data w/Over 772 Parties

#email #communication #FOSS #Microsoft #Thunderbird #Mozilla #encryption #crypto #e2ee #infosec #Proton #surveillance #cybersecurity #privacy #News

proton.me/blog/outlook-is-micr…

Outlook is Microsoft’s new data collection service

The new Outlook now appears to be a data collection service for Microsoft’s 772 external partners for targeted advertising.

^{Edward Komenda (Proton)}

Prefer to recommend that folks install #Conversations, #Cheogram, and other forks from F-Droid:
f-droid.org/en/packages/com.ch…

#tallship #FOSS #e2ee #Privacy #FDroid #communications

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Cheogram | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

F-Droid is an installable catalogue of FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) applications for the Android platform. The client makes it easy to browse, install, and keep track of updates on your device.

^f-droid.org

@protonmail The problem is more like "fiddling with the contents" or doing anything in transit.

Cuz I do #E2EE the way it's meant to be done aka. #SelfCustody of #Keys and not some #MITM'ing "Appliance"...

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… 🥰

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)}

Let's fight chat control!

Congrats to @mullvadnet - you really nail it with your new campaign against client-side scanning! 💪🔒

#privacy #e2ee #encryption #clientsidescanning #chatcontrol

tutanota.com/blog/posts/chat-c…

Fight chat control: Mullvad really nails it with their new campaign!

Chat control is one of the worst EU plans to date and opposition is HUGE. Mullvad VPN has now launched a great campaign to fight for democracy.

^Tutanota

What does the #OnlineSafetyBill mean for the UK tech sector and the security of messaging platforms? Matthew Hodgson, CEO of @matrix spoke to the Today programme on BBC Radio 4 about the amendment imposing criminal penalties on tech bosses and how it threatens encryption.
#e2ee #privacy

bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001hp69