🇷🇺 Russia wants China's Great Firewall

After Tuta Mail, it's now also blocking #Signal & #WhatsApp to stop its citizens from using #encryption

Together with @torproject, @fightforfuture and others we are standing up to say: Stop! ✊

Everyone deserves #privacy.

Read our open letter: 👉 tuta.com/blog/tutanota-blocked…

#Chatcontrol is OFF the table for now. 💪

But it will be back.

Danish Minister of Justice and chief architect of the current Chat Control proposal, Peter Hummelgaard:
"𝗪𝗲 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲'𝘀 𝗰𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗹 𝗹𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗿𝘆𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀."

We have to keep fighting for #encryption and our right to #privacy 🔒

The clock is still ticking: tuta.com/blog/chat-control-cri…

🔐 Tuta Mail introduces key verification to strengthen end-to-end encryption and defend against MITM attacks 👥
Users can now verify contacts’ public keys via QR code or manual comparison.
If skipped, Tuta defaults to TOFU (Trust On First Use) for seamless encryption 🧩

@Tutanota
🔗 tuta.com/blog/key-verification

#Encryption #CyberSecurity #Privacy #Tuta #Tutanota #TutaMail #EmailSecurity #OpenSource #FOSS #E2EE #PGP #Email #Mail #TechNews #DataProtection #Crypto #DigitalRights #OnlinePrivacy

Tuta introduces key verification | Tuta

Key verification makes your encrypted mailbox even more secure, enabling you to prevent monster-in-the-middle attacks.

^Tuta

Canada wants to #backdoor #encryption.

But we are saying no.

#NoToBackdoors 💪

Read our comment on Canada's C-2 Bill: 👉 tuta.com/blog/canada-bill-c2-s…

Would you like to end the constant drumbeat of ill-informed legislative proposals that threaten to destroy end-to-end #encryption in #OpenSource #software? Are you from #Europe? Can you demonstrate your expertise? Then why not apply to join the European Commission's Expert Group for a Technology Roadmap on Encryption (E04005). Deadline is September 1st, don't be late.

ec.europa.eu/transparency/expe…

Grab your chance to talk to us! 🤩

🗓️ Join our AMA on r/BuyFromEU
📅 June 26, 5 PM CEST | 11 AM EST
💬 Ask us anything: tech, privacy, business model, AI, digital sovereignty, anything!

👉 reddit.com/r/BuyFromEU/comment…

#PrivacyMatters #OpenSource #Encryption #PostQuantum

Politicians around the world want to #backdoor #encryption. But #Signalgate 2.0 shows the danger would be HUGE.

We're saying #NoToBackdoors 💪

Read Hanna's opinion: Signalgate 2.0 proves it - there’s no such thing as a “Backdoor for the Good Guys Only”
👉 tuta.com/blog/opinion-signalga…

🚨 Watch live: US defending encryption? 🚨

👉 youtube.com/live/QJgwA8tkJ-U

US Congress is having a hearing right now (3:00 UTC) on UK demanding Apple to backdoor its cloud encryption.

The aim? Members of Congress will discuss if and how they can actually uphold #encryption. 🔒 💪

Out of the loop? Here's some background info: 👉 tuta.com/blog/uk-demands-apple…

Together with 39 orgs & 42 experts, our founder Matthias Pfau calls on the EU in an @edri open letter for a scientific evidence-based approach to #encryption 🔒

No government can change the laws of math.

Read the open letter ⤵️
tuta.com/blog/open-letter-agai…

Long passwords are important.

Source: reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/c…

#tech #technology #encryption #password #passwords #Security #cybersecurity #computing #computers #computer

Sweden wants to #backdoor #encryption. But we, together with 230+ orgs, are saying no.

#NoToBackdoors 💪

Read our open letter to the Swedish Riksdag: 👉

tuta.com/blog/open-letter-swed…

🚨 #BREAKING: Legal fight between UK vs Apple about #encryption #backdoor must be made public.

We at Tuta would never build a backdoor - and our #opensource code is proof of that.

👉 bbc.com/news/articles/cvgn1lz3…

👉 Background: tuta.com/blog/uk-demands-apple…

🚨Best News of the Year: We've stopped a backdoor law in France

Encryption backdoors must never be allowed. We at Tuta will continue to fight against mass surveillance! ✊

👉 tuta.com/blog/why-a-backdoor-i…

#privacy #encryption #surveillance #backdoors

Your data. Your rules. Your digital future.

monocles launches its crowdfunding campaign on StartNext today! 🎉

monocles offers the solution for European independence from big tech. Be it the end-to-end encrypted chat, the secure email service or the privacy-friendly smartphones with our own operating system. monocles creates a decentralized, fair and ethical digital ecosystem for everyone.

Be part of it!

startnext.com/en/monocles

#privacy #sovereign #dataprotection #encryption #monocles

"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)}

🚨BREAKING🚨 The French National Assembly removed the backdoor section from the amendment to the #Narcotrafic law.

Read here how Politicians tried to undermine everybody's #security: tuta.com/blog/france-surveilla…

🙏 And thank you for fighting against this with us. This is a great win for privacy, yet, the battle is not over. Together we are strong! 💪

#backdoor #encryption #privacy #security

Finally got this update from @Tutanota, now to just get my business email moved over to Tuta.*

* the post quantum encryption isn’t the reason for switching my business, I’ve just not had time to sit down and make the switch/transfer (I’m a one man band).

#privacy #encryption #postquantumencryption

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)}

First #CISA, now the Swedish Armed Forces: Officials start to understand why we all need #encryption

Let's keep fighting for #privacy 💪

👉 tuta.com/blog/swedish-armed-fo…

Everybody should learn how to use GPG.

gnupg.org/

#gpg #gnupg #encryption #security #privacy #cybersecurity #linux #pgp

Thank you, much obliged @Tutanota

#privacy #encryption

🔐 If Privacy is outlawed...

Here's how you can stop them: 👉 t.co/8z8lI9eRDo

#PrivacyMatters #Encryption #CyberSecurity #TurnOnPrivacy #PGP

France is about to pass the worst surveillance law in the EU.

Here's how you can stop them: 👉 tuta.com/blog/france-surveilla…

#backdoor #encryption #privacy #security

25% of existing Tuta users are now quantum-safe! 🥳🎉

Share a screenshot of your upgrade email if you've received it already. 🔒

More info on our quantum-safe #encryption: tuta.com/de/blog/post-quantum-…

BREAKING: It's been only ten days since we warned about this...

#Apple has removed its end-to-end #encryption (Advanced Data Protection) in the #UK after the government demanded a #backdoor.

📢 Fight for privacy! #PrivacyMatters #NoBackdoors

🔗 bloomberg.com/news/articles/20…

mastodon.social/@Tutanota/1139…

Tuta

2025-02-11 14:35:28

🚨🚨🚨 Apple to backdoor encryption? Round 2 - and this time the UK is trying to get your data.

Let's fight back against any attempt to #backdoor #encryption! 💪 🔒

More info ➡️ tuta.com/blog/uk-demands-apple…

Apple to backdoor encryption? Round 2 | Tuta

UK demands Apple to backdoor encryption similar to what the FBI asked ten years ago. Will Apple stay strong?

^Tuta

This week we have united with 100+ #privacy fighters calling on the UK to STOP❗

Stop trying to undermine #encryption - the security backbone of the internet that all of us depend on. 🔒

Together we must fight for privacy and against #surveillance 💪

More info: tuta.com/blog/uk-demands-apple…

"The consensus among cybersecurity experts could not be clearer:

There is no way to provide government access to end-to-end encrypted data without breaking end-to-end encryption, thus putting every user’s security and privacy at risk."

Join the voice of experts in the joint letter to stop the UK's order to break encryption – Sign and share our petition today ⬇️

#encryption #privacy #Apple #cybersecurity #ukpolitics #ukpol

you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions…

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}

ORG and over 150 signatories call on the UK government to RESCIND its demand to create a backdoor to Apple encryption.

It "jeopardises the security and privacy of millions, undermines the UK tech sector, and sets a dangerous precedent for global cybersecurity."

"The world’s second-largest provider of mobile devices would be built on top of a systemic security flaw, putting all of its users’ security and privacy at risk."

#encryption #privacy #cybersecurity #ukpolitics

globalencryption.org/2025/02/j…

"The UK’s war on encryption affects all of us" via @verge.

Indeed, the UK's actions imperil security across the globe.

It's worth highlighting that open source comms tools, like @matrix and @signalapp, empower researchers and users: you'll _see_ if a backdoor is added.

Not so with proprietary tools. Do you really trust Meta, Apple, or Google not to roll over on you?

theverge.com/policy/612136/uk-…

#FOSS #SoftwareFreedom #OpenSource #Security #Privacy #Encryption

The UK’s war on encryption affects all of us

The UK is using its Investigatory Powers Act to demand backdoor access to iCloud users’ encrypted backups worldwide.

^{Gaby Del Valle (The Verge)}

🚨🚨🚨 Apple to backdoor encryption? Round 2 - and this time the UK is trying to get your data.

Let's fight back against any attempt to #backdoor #encryption! 💪 🔒

More info ➡️ tuta.com/blog/uk-demands-apple…

Encryption backdoors must never be allowed. To prove that Tuta is #free from any #backdoor, the entire client code is published as #opensource.

Let's fight against mass surveillance! ✊

tuta.com/blog/why-a-backdoor-i…

#privacy #encryption #surveillance

If Apple complies with this, the UK government will gain access to all iCloud data globally. The only way Apple comes out of this with any integrity is to leave the UK market. If they give in to this, every regime in the world will demand the same thing. And that’s before we even get to the fact that there’s no such thing as a “backdoor” for just so-and-so. Either there is a door or there isn’t and if there is, anyone who obtains the key can use it.

theguardian.com/technology/202…

#apple #backdoor #UK #encryption #privacy #security #personhood #data #democracy #humanRights #iCloud

UK demands ability to access Apple users’ encrypted data

Expert says government has ‘lit the blue touch paper on a truly enormous fight’ as it challenges firm’s privacy stance

^{Dan Milmo (The Guardian)}

This is what I think about whenever infosec wonks on here start telling people they should use matrix or xmpp+omemo or whatnot instead of signal

To be fair, I understand the arguments and to a large extent I agree with the critiques. However, I think anyone making these recommendations is vastly underestimating the capacity or appetite for most people to deal with the user experiences presented by these alternatives.

User experience is the ultimate force multiplier. For anything that requires network effects to function (ie most anything involving communication), if it doesn't *just work* then you've lost 90% of your audience.

xkcd.com/2501/

#matrix #xmpp #infosec #cybersecurity #signal #ux #design #ui #encryption #privacy #crypto

Average Familiarity

^xkcd