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R. Scott PertChinese state media says Nvidia H20 chips not safe for China> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/Nvidia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Nvidia</a>'s H20 chips pose security concerns for China, a social media account affiliated with <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#China</a>'s state media said on Sunday (Aug 10), after Beijing raised concerns over <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/backdoor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#backdoor</a> access in those chips> The <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/H20" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#H20</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/chips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#chips</a> are also not technologically advanced or environmentally friendly, the account, Yuyuan Tantian, which is affiliated with state broadcaster <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/CCTV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CCTV</a>, said in an article published on <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/WeChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WeChat</a> <a href="https://www.channelnewsasia.com/east-asia/chinese-state-media-says-nvidia-h20-chips-not-safe-china-5287281" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.channelnewsasia.com/east-asia/chinese-state-media-says-nvidia-h20-chips-not-safe-china-5287281</a>

Kevin Karhan :verified:For those who don't know the <a href="https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114862595629371002" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">size of the problem</a>:In 2006 I bought a new [entry level] Computer with 256 MB of RAM and a single-core P4 Celeron with 2,8 GHz.<ul><li>This thing ran <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WindowsXP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WindowsXP</a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NeedForSpeedMostWanted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NeedForSpeedMostWanted</a> just fine.</li><li>Nowadays it would crash trying to open <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Slack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Slack</a> even on a minimalist <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Linux</a> distro like <a href="https://linuxrocks.online/@bunsenlabs" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@bunsenlabs</a> in <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@dillo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@dillo</a>, a lightweight browser ...</li></ul>And now imagine that some folks have to use <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Slack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Slack</a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MicrosoftTeams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MicrosoftTeams</a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Telegram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Telegram</a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Signal</a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WhatApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WhatApp</a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WeChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WeChat</a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/QQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#QQ</a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LineMessenger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LineMessenger</a> at the same time on their machine, and you can imagine that this will make entry-level desktops already scream harder than if someone were to loop the Lost Coast benchmark on them...<ul><li>The <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/bloat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bloat</a> of modern <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WebApps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WebApps</a> is just the socially accepted equivalent to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Cryptojacking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Cryptojacking</a> desktops and driving some <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humvee" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">*phat</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SuperUselessVehicle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SuperUselessVehicle</a> just to get less than a kg of groceries at a walking distance supermarket.</li></ul>Everywhere else we'd not accept such a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/bloatware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bloatware</a> IRL. <ul><li>So why should we accept <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/obscene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#obscene</a>|ly <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WastefulComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WastefulComputing</a>*?</li></ul>

Miguel Afonso Caetano"Today, noyb has filed GDPR complaints against AliExpress, TikTok and WeChat. All three tech companies have failed to comply with access requests under Article 15 GDPR. This makes it impossible for European users to exercise their fundamental right to privacy, to find out how their personal data is being processed – and if the companies actually comply with other GDPR provisions, for example regarding data transfers. EU law usually allows users to get a full copy of their data."<a href="https://noyb.eu/en/how-tiktok-aliexpress-wechat-ignore-your-gdpr-rights" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://noyb.eu/en/how-tiktok-aliexpress-wechat-ignore-your-gdpr-rights</a><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EU</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#China</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/DataProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DataProtection</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/GDPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GDPR</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Privacy</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/TikTok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TikTok</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/AliExpress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AliExpress</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/WeChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WeChat</a>

Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://muenster.im/@ejim" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@ejim</a> <a href="https://bonn.social/@ulrichkelber" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@ulrichkelber</a> das macht zentralisierte Lösungen egal ob <a href="https://mastodon.world/@signalapp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@signalapp</a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Signal</a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WhatsApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WhatsApp</a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Telegram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Telegram</a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WeChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WeChat</a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/QQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#QQ</a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Line" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Line</a>, etc. nicht weniger falsch!<ul><li>Wer <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NSAbook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NSAbook</a> nutzt hat diebKontrolle über seine Daten bedingungslos aufgegeben!</li></ul><a href="https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114695916503728029" translate="no" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114695916503728029</a>

Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://mastodon.social/@derekmorr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@derekmorr</a> <blockquote>Let it go, already. No one uses MobileCoin. You can’t even find an exchange to buy it.</blockquote>Then why does <a href="https://mastodon.world/@signalapp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@signalapp</a> still have that shit in it? <a href="https://mastodon.world/@Mer__edith" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@Mer__edith</a> could've pulled that <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Shitcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Shitcoin</a> yet refuses to do do!<blockquote>The Cloud Act is a non-issue. Signal doesn’t have data on users, so they can’t be forced to disclose it.</blockquote>That's literally wrong!<ul><li><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Signal</a> not only collects <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PII</a> in the form of a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PhoneNumher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PhoneNumher</a> but explicitly is able and willing to use that to dsicriminate against users and restrict app functionality based off their presumed juristiction. There is no "legitimate interest" for.doing so nor any legal mandate to do so (unless we excuse the ehole <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MobileCoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MobileCoin</a>-<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Scam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Scam</a>!)</li></ul><blockquote>It’s been 30 years, and no one uses xmpp. Let it go.</blockquote>Wrong again. Otherwise there wouldn't be thriving ecosystems and Apps to this day. It's just that corporate shills refuse to acknowledge that Signal - like all centralized, proprietary, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SingleVendor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SingleVendor</a> and/or <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SingleProvider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SingleProvider</a> kessengers before and after - will inevitably die as their business model is not sustainable. Sake with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ICQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ICQ</a> really. The only exceptions are those that abolish <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#privacy</a> for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/profit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#profit</a>, integrate actually working payments or sellout to a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/cyberfacist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cyberfacist</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#government</a> (all those apply to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WeChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WeChat</a>!)<blockquote>It’s shocking that people who claim to care about security and privacy push niche apps with terrible UX and no PFS like Delta or XMPP instead of the only private messenger with any real market share, Signal.</blockquote>You know what's shocking to me: People who are unable or rather unwilling.to acknowledge that Signal is garbage and it's requirement for a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PhoneNumber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PhoneNumber</a> kills any <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#privacy</a> benefits it may have on paper by virtue of being at best pseudonymous (assuming the userd don't live in a juristiction that demands "<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/KYC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KYC</a>" for even prepaid <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SIM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SIM</a> cards (ime. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Germany</a>) or god forbid even <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IMEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IMEI</a>|s (i.e. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Turkey</a> has a literal allowlist that'll kick any device off it's MNOs after 90 days within 365 days.<ul><li>The <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/UScentric" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UScentric</a> approach to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#privacy</a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/threats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#threats</a> makes Signal absolutely useless in many cases, and I do speak here from experience. </li></ul>I'd rather help people onboard <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/XMPP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#XMPP</a>+<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OMEMO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OMEMO</a> like <a href="https://monocles.social/@monocles" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@monocles</a> and/or <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@gajim" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@gajim</a> or <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PGP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PGP</a>/MIME like <a href="https://chaos.social/@delta" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@delta</a> & <a href="https://mastodon.online/@thunderbird" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@thunderbird</a> (incl. setting them up with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Orbot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Orbot</a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TorBrowserBundle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TorBrowserBundle</a> / <a href="https://venera.social/profile/tails_live" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@tails_live</a> so their traffic gets through <a href="https://mastodon.social/@torproject" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@torproject</a> and doesn't provide any useable IP addresses. <ul><li>I've literally been there and done that!</li></ul>As for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Sustainability</a>, providers like <a href="https://monocles.eu" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://monocles.eu</a> finance themselves by subscriptions (starting at €2 p.m.) which people can pay fully anonymous using <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CashByMail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CashByMail</a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Monero" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Monero</a> on top of common payment methods (i.e. SEPA wire transfer)...<ul><li>So even if you think "<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/monocles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#monocles</a> is a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/honeypot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#honeypot</a>" that is mitigateable ciz unlike with Signal you can choose your own client, choose a different provider & exervise self-custody of all tue keys!</li></ul>

The New Oil<a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Russia</a>’s <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/VK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VK</a> unveils <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/WeChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WeChat</a> clone built on Putin’s orders: the app has mic and camera access, gathers user data, and shares it with the state<a href="https://theins.ru/en/news/281989" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://theins.ru/en/news/281989</a><a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#surveillance</a>

The New OilRussian Intelligence Says It Collects <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/WeChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WeChat</a> Data. What Does That Mean?<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/07/world/europe/russia-china-wechat-spying.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/07/world/europe/russia-china-wechat-spying.html</a><a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Russia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#China</a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SocialMedia</a>

The New OilLargest ever data leak exposes over 4 billion user records<a href="https://cybernews.com/security/chinese-data-leak-billiones-records-exposed/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://cybernews.com/security/chinese-data-leak-billiones-records-exposed/</a><a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#China</a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cybersecurity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/DataBreach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DataBreach</a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/WeChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WeChat</a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/Alipay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Alipay</a>

Florian Weber🤯 Amazing writeup!> The devastating hacks confirm: <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/TeleMessage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TeleMessage</a>'s server – hosted on the public AWS cloud, run by an Israeli company that's lead by a former IDF spook – has plaintext access to the <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Signal</a> chat logs they're archiving, along with logs for <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Telegram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Telegram</a>, <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/WeChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WeChat</a>, and <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/WhatsApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WhatsApp</a>. <a href="https://infosec.exchange/@micahflee/114462663102941187" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://infosec.exchange/@micahflee/114462663102941187</a>

Wladimir Mufty“TM SGNL is most likely violating <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Signal</a>'s open source license, and the company's other apps are probably violating the proprietary licenses of other software like <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/WhatsApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WhatsApp</a> and <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/WeChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WeChat</a>.”<a href="https://micahflee.com/tm-sgnl-the-obscure-unofficial-signal-app-mike-waltz-uses-to-text-with-trump-officials/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://micahflee.com/tm-sgnl-the-obscure-unofficial-signal-app-mike-waltz-uses-to-text-with-trump-officials/</a><a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/TMSGNL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TMSGNL</a> <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/IDF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IDF</a> <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/Waltz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Waltz</a>

Snow :gnu: :tux: :debian:La creazione di una versione modificata di <a href="https://snowfan.masto.host/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Signal</a> non è bastata ad evitare la violazione e il furto di dati sensibili da parte di un hacker. Se dunque Signal viene considerata dal Pentagono una piattaforma pericolosa - ma come sappiamo è stata ugualmente utilizzata, con gaffe annesse - altrettanto può dirsi per il suo clone. L'hacker è riuscito ad accedere ai contenuti di messaggi diretti e chat di gruppo anche delle versioni modificate di <a href="https://snowfan.masto.host/tags/WhatsApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WhatsApp</a>, <a href="https://snowfan.masto.host/tags/Telegram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Telegram</a> e <a href="https://snowfan.masto.host/tags/WeChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WeChat</a> <a href="https://www.hdblog.it/sicurezza/articoli/n617331/signal-telemessage-versione-governo-usa-hackerata/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.hdblog.it/sicurezza/articoli/n617331/signal-telemessage-versione-governo-usa-hackerata/</a>

PrivacyDigestThe <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Signal</a> Clone the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> Admin Uses Was <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Hacked" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Hacked</a> A <a href="https://mas.to/tags/hacker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hacker</a> has <a href="https://mas.to/tags/breached" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#breached</a> and stolen customer data from <a href="https://mas.to/tags/TeleMessage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TeleMessage</a> , an obscure <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Israeli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Israeli</a> company that sells modified versions of Signal and other messaging apps to the U.S. government to archive messages …The data stolen by the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/hacker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hacker</a> contains the contents of some direct messages and group <a href="https://mas.to/tags/chats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#chats</a> sent using its Signal clone, as well as modified versions of <a href="https://mas.to/tags/WhatsApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WhatsApp</a> , <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Telegram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Telegram</a> , and <a href="https://mas.to/tags/WeChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WeChat</a>. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#security</a> <a href="https://www.404media.co/the-signal-clone-the-trump-admin-uses-was-hacked/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.404media.co/the-signal-clone-the-trump-admin-uses-was-hacked/</a>

Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://oxytodon.com/@fuchsiii" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@fuchsiii</a> <a href="https://transfem.social/@puppygirlhornypost2" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@puppygirlhornypost2</a> <a href="https://wetdry.world/@kopper" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@kopper</a> granted, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechIlliterates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TechIlliterates</a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Consoomers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Consoomers</a> are just a bad standard to begin with and aligning with the bottom barrel is always gonna lower one's standard.People need to realize there's not one perfect app.<ul><li>They can have multiple very good options that do their part or one shitty bloatware that does nothing even halfway acceptable. </li></ul>The former are <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IRC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IRC</a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/XMPP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#XMPP</a>+<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OMEMO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OMEMO</a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WebCall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WebCall</a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OnionShare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OnionShare</a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linphone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Linphone</a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Mumble" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mumble</a>, …The latter one are <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MicrosoftTeams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MicrosoftTeams</a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Discord" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Discord</a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/QQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#QQ</a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WeChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WeChat</a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/iMessage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#iMessage</a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Signal</a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Matrix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Matrix</a>, …<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ChooseWisely" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ChooseWisely</a>

☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻Day 20 cont 💰💰💰💰☢️🏭🏠🏘️⛪️🕍📈📉👔👨🏻‍💼👩🏻‍💼“A video shared thousands of times on a Chinese (<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/CCP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CCP</a>) <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SocialMedia</a> platform claiming a re-elected <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Albanese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Albanese</a> government would adopt “the far-left agenda” of the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Greens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Greens</a> and potentially seize vacant homes was created by a member of a <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/WeChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WeChat</a> group campaigning for the Liberal party in a marginal Melbourne seat.The six-minute video, narrated by a woman who refers to herself as <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AuntieGuoer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AuntieGuoer</a>, also claims any minority Albanese government that might rely on the Greens would “crackdown on the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/MiddleClass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MiddleClass</a>” and lead to the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/decline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#decline</a> of “traditional <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/SocialStructures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SocialStructures</a>”.”I see this is happening in the seat of <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Aston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Aston</a> and past Liberal seat of a political favourite of mine, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/TudgyFudge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TudgyFudge</a> 🤪🤣☺️ Given the subject matter I’d lay a bet this is the work of ex AFP Officer, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/SandraBourke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SandraBourke</a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/MatthewSheahan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MatthewSheahan</a> who now has removed all biographic links. Why? <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AusPol</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Advance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Advance</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#propaganda</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/extremism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#extremism</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ForeignInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ForeignInterference</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/CounterDemocratic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CounterDemocratic</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LNP</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Liberal</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Nationals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Nationals</a> <<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/18/mandarin-wechat-video-labor-greens-election-claims-made-by-member-of-aston-liberal-party-campaign-group-melbourne-ntwnfb" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/18/mandarin-wechat-video-labor-greens-election-claims-made-by-member-of-aston-liberal-party-campaign-group-melbourne-ntwnfb</a>> / <<a href="https://www.advanceaustralia.org.au/time-to-put-the-greens-last" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.advanceaustralia.org.au/time-to-put-the-greens-last</a>>

Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://social.tchncs.de/@beandev" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@beandev</a> <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/@thomasralfkoeb" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@thomasralfkoeb</a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/@Andreas__Nagel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@Andreas__Nagel</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MainstreamMedien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MainstreamMedien</a> versagen halt komplett.<ul><li>Feht nur noch "Teilen auf <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Telegram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Telegram</a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WeChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WeChat</a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/QQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#QQ</a>, 4chan und <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Reddit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Reddit</a>"-Buttons!</li></ul>

FlipboardMisinformation was rife as the wildfires spread across Los Angeles last month, and that wasn’t just happening in English language media. For <a href="https://journa.host/@thexylom" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@thexylom</a>, Aorui Pi explains how platforms like WeChat and RedNote served as a vector for fake news, which may have made life harder for Chinese immigrants living in fire-affected areas. <a href="https://www.thexylom.com/post/how-unverified-claims-about-the-la-wildfires-spread-across-chinese-language-media" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.thexylom.com/post/how-unverified-claims-about-the-la-wildfires-spread-across-chinese-language-media</a><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Environment</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/WildFires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WildFires</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/LosAngeles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LosAngeles</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/WeChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WeChat</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/RedNote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RedNote</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SocialMedia</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Newstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Newstodon</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/NewstodonFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NewstodonFriday</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/FollowFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FollowFriday</a>

Strypey(1/2)<a href="https://hci.social/@fasterandworse" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@fasterandworse</a> > any kind of "everything app" should be seen as captivityWhen I lived in China I found I couldn't socially exist without their everything app; WeChat. Even putting aside the privacy horrorshow, the power TenCent have because every other company effectively has to transact through WC is terrifying.When FarceBook tried to do the Libra/ Diem payment integration, it was obvious who they were emulating. Very glad it failed.<a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#China</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/TenCent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TenCent</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/WeChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WeChat</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Meta</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/FaceBook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FaceBook</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/Libra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Libra</a>

apfeltalk :verified:X Everything App: Elon Musk plant Konkurrenz zu Apple Pay Elon Musk verfolgt weiterhin seine Vision einer umfassenden Super-App. Die „X Everything App“ soll noch in diesem Jahr auf den Markt kommen und unter anderem eine mobile Zahlungsplattform integrieren. Damit tr <a href="https://www.apfeltalk.de/magazin/news/x-everything-app-elon-musk-plant-konkurrenz-zu-apple-pay/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.apfeltalk.de/magazin/news/x-everything-app-elon-musk-plant-konkurrenz-zu-apple-pay/</a> <a href="https://creators.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://creators.social/tags/Tellerrand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tellerrand</a> <a href="https://creators.social/tags/ApplePay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ApplePay</a> <a href="https://creators.social/tags/DigitaleZahlungen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DigitaleZahlungen</a> <a href="https://creators.social/tags/ECommerce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ECommerce</a> <a href="https://creators.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a> <a href="https://creators.social/tags/Fintech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fintech</a> <a href="https://creators.social/tags/Kryptowhrungen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kryptowhrungen</a> <a href="https://creators.social/tags/MobilePayment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MobilePayment</a> <a href="https://creators.social/tags/SuperApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SuperApp</a> <a href="https://creators.social/tags/WeChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WeChat</a> <a href="https://creators.social/tags/X" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#X</a>

Flipboard Tech DeskElon Musk's X Everything App is set to launch this year. <a href="https://flipboard.com/@9to5mac" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@9to5mac</a> explains what an everything app is and what CEO Linda Yaccarino has said about it recently.<a href="https://flip.it/IU0rd5" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://flip.it/IU0rd5</a><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/X" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#X</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Twitter</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/WeChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WeChat</a>

Sean O'Brien<a href="https://x.good.news/user/deepseek_ai" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@deepseek_ai</a> <a href="https://floss.social/@fdroidorg" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@fdroidorg</a> <a href="https://framapiaf.org/@exodus" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@exodus</a> There are also a lot of static + dynamic traces of SDKs associated with China such as <a href="https://privacysafe.social/tags/wechat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wechat</a> / qq and volcengine.com These are disclosed by <a href="https://privacysafe.social/tags/DeepSeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DeepSeek</a> in the app code and their website. Here is the machine translated version and original. <a href="https://psafe.ly/6xznZm" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://psafe.ly/6xznZm</a>

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