Rant re: Signal Shills being dangerous Tech Illiterates
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LiberaForms v4.0.0
After some pondering, procrastinating, planning, and development, LiberaForms now comes with End-to-end encryption built in. 
This means that E2EE enabled form answers are only known by the participating parties. No leaks!
This is a major milestone for LiberaForms, and represents a notable step forward to providing ethical free form software for all!
Enjoy!
blog.liberaforms.orgVersion 4.0.0LiberaForms blog
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End-to-end encryption protects against oppression, abuse of power, cybercrime, algorithmic injustice AND abusers.
If the remedy is worse than the disease, the State may be more concerned with building a mass surveillance apparatus than identifying child sexual abuse material.
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You can’t scan communications without breaching privacy.
If every message is being scanned in an encrypted environment, the ‘end-to-end’ bit of the equation is compromised.
Every phone will be given a security weakness that opens the curtains for abusers to rear window you and your family.
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The Online Safety Act introduced powers for Ofcom to force private messaging providers to install monitoring tech.
Advocates claim that this can at once check everybody’s messages, while somehow preserving end-to-end encryption.
With Schrödinger’s chat, you’ve got nothing to worry about 
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End-to-end encryption means what you send on messaging apps appears as scrambled code while it’s in digital transit.
Only the person you’re talking to can decipher it on receipt.
That’s everything you send: chats, photos, videos, voice-notes, location pins and links for their eyes only.
You can't trade privacy to prevent crime.
Message scanning tech punches a hole in everyone's security. Surveillance organisations, hackers, scammers and predators alike will be able to creep into your life.
Read our longread on the need to protect end-to-end encryption 
#PracticeSafeText #e2ee #encryption #OnlineSafetyAct #privacy #security
https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/the-case-for-encryption/
Open Rights GroupThe Case for EncryptionSpying on private messages has long been on the security services’ wish list.
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It couldn't be clearer: Encryption is online safety.
It keeps our data secure from hackers. Our systems secure from global bad actors. Our rights secure from State oppression in a digitalised society.
Sign and share our petition to save Apple encrypted data
#encryption #surveillance #e2ee #cybersecurity #ukpolitics #ukpol #Apple
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/keep-our-apple-data-encrypted
38 DegreesKeep our Apple data encryptedIt 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. It’s essential for being safe online when sending messages, shopping, doing online banking – and for storing things safely in the cloud. With the Cabinet Office estimating the cost of Cyber Crime at £21BN a year to our economy, we can’t afford to make our...
BREAKING
The UK is rogue in trying to order a backdoor to Apple encryption.
US lawmakers slam the UK's secretive order, calling it what it is:
'Dangerous' for global cybersecurity 'Effectively a foreign cyberattack'
The Home Office must back off 
#encryption #surveillance #e2ee #cybersecurity #ukpolitics #ukpol #Apple #privacy
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/02/13/apple-uk-security-back-door-adp/
The Washington Post · U.K. demand for a back door to Apple data threatens Americans, lawmakers say
Encryption IS online safety
Keeping data secure is key when hackers are skilled at unpicking accounts.
So why does the UK government want to make us unsafe by ordering a backdoor to Apple encrypted services?
Sign to save encryption this #SaferInternetDay.
#encryption #privacy #Apple #cybersecurity #ukpolitics #ukpol #digitalrights #e2ee
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/keep-our-apple-data-encrypted
38 DegreesKeep our Apple data encryptedIt 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. It’s essential for being safe online when sending messages, shopping, doing online banking – and for storing things safely in the cloud. With the Cabinet Office estimating the cost of Cyber Crime at £21BN a year to our economy, we can’t afford to make our...
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@protonprivacy
Your statements provide incomplete information.
MISSING
Proton has the ability to intercept and copy email content that is not encrypted as it enters and exits the servers.
Source: https://proton.me/mail/privacy-policy
Proton has the ability to provide foreign governments with copies of email content that is not encrypted, this can be done indirectly via Swiss authorities.
ProtonPrivacy Policy - Proton Mail | ProtonProton Mail is designed to protect people's privacy. Read this privacy policy to learn how it handles your data.
Is end to end encryption about to become irrelevant?
https://podcastindex.org/podcast/5718181?episode=32805109029
Podcastindex.orgRob Braxman Tech on Odysee | End-to-End Encryption Now a Historical Footnote. They Won. | Podcastindex.orgTo some of you, it's just a normal time and nothing has changed. But actually in 2025, a lot has changed and one of the key ones is that End-to-End (E2E) encryption used in apps like Signal, Session, Whatsapp, Telegram and so are no longer secure. Mark Zuckerberg said himself that the CIA can break E2E encryption but most people misunderstood what this means. They thought it meant hacking tools. The real story is deeper and more complex and likely permanent.----------------------------------BraX3 Privacy Phone is on pre-order on Indiegogohttps://www.indiegogo...
→ U.S. officials urge Americans to use encrypted apps amid unprecedented cyberattack
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/us-officials-urge-americans-use-encrypted-apps-cyberattack-rcna182694
“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*
NBC News · U.S. officials urge Americans to use encrypted apps amid cyberattack
Mein neues Lieblingswort:
Ideologischer Rückschritt-Reflex
Phänomen, wenn Menschen aus ideologischen Gründen #Monopol #Messenger wie #Whatsapp vermeiden, und stattdessen bei Weitem unsicherere und unprivatere, etablierte und veraltete Alternativen wie #EMail und #SMS verwenden.
I did a talk at #hackmas on "Secure Messaging (and attacks against it)" and the great organization team has already put the video recording online at
https://media.ccc.de/v/26cd6d27-247f-5cf3-8adb-54c87bc372b2. Many thanks to the audience for so many insightful questions and discussions - it is rare that the audience is so engaged and aware of nuance! Slides are available at https://www.mayrhofer.eu.org/talk/secure-messaging-and-attacks-against-it/
Abstract: Secure messaging apps are one of the most-used app categories on current mobile devices, and a significant subset of human communication is handled through them. This makes them an interesting target for forensics, surveillance, and general information collection for intelligence services and police institutions. In this talk, we will discuss various options for such surveillance and their respective difficulties, pointing out which options do not seem realistic given all the practical considerations.
TL;DR: There is no good option for surveiling E2EE messenger apps; all of them are broken or practically unrealistic in various ways. I don't see an option to do that without real, significant problems that make all of us less safe. Please stop claiming that it is possible without these nasty issues.
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.
Have you been looking for a more secure and privacy minded email? I’ve got the solution!
I’ve been using @protonprivacy for going on 2 months now and I’m not going back! Privacy is at their core and your emails are E2EE. You can even import your other emails.
I love the email service plus their other services.
Here’s a free month for you to try it out! I’m sure you’ll enjoy it. https://go.getproton.me/SHzx
ProtonPrivate & Secure Email Account with Proton Mail | ProtonProton Mail is the world's largest secure email service with over 70 million users. Available on Web, iOS, Android, and desktop. Protected by Swiss privacy law.
Proton Mail automatically encrypts/decrypts messages between Proton Mail accounts via OpenPGP/PGP.
Proton Mail supports automatically encrypting/decrypting messages between Proton Mail accounts and external email accounts that support OpenPGP/PGP or GnuPG/GPG.
Instructions: https://proton.me/support/how-to-use-pgp
GnuPG: https://mastodon.online/@blueghost/111974048270035570
Website: https://proton.me
Mastodon: @protonprivacy
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David Sommerseth Regarding e-mail and privacy .... @protonmail and @Tutanota are honourable exceptions to your claim. All mails are stored encrypted with zero knowledge access for the service provider. Yes, e-mails in-transit with recipients not capable of #e2ee is the exception; plain-text mails can be captured in-transit.
And Proton Mail does PGP for you so easy you don't really need to think of it, even with non-Proton users capable of #PGP.
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?
https://www.eureporter.co/world/human-rights-category/european-court-of-human-rights-echr/2024/02/14/european-court-of-human-rights-bans-weakening-of-secure-end-to-endencryption-the-end-of-eus-chat-control-csar-mass-surveillance-plans/
#e2ee #europe #privacy #csar
EU Reporter · European Court of Human Rights bans weakening of secure end-to-endencryption - the end of EU‘s chat control CSAR mass surveillance plans?The European Court of Human Rights yesterday banned a general weakeningof secure end-to-end encryption. The judgement argues that encryptionhelps citizens and companies to protect themselves against hacking,theft of identity and personal data, fraud and the unauthoriseddisclosure of confidential information. Backdoors could also beexploited by criminal networks and would seriously jeopardise thesecurity of all users' electronic […]