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openSUSE LinuxClosed-source <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/secure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#secure</a> chips? That’s a security risk. In this powerful <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/oSC25" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#oSC25</a> keynote, discover the dangers of proprietary <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/hardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hardware</a> and how open architectures like <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/RISCV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RISCV</a> can save us. <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/openSUSE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#openSUSE</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/tropicsquare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tropicsquare</a> <a href="https://youtu.be/LK1NwIMHc1g?si=ej8rUmQPjARXVrIl" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/LK1NwIMHc1g?si=ej8rUmQPjARXVrIl</a>

Ultra Verified 🇺🇦Lower <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/taxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#taxes</a>? Lower <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/grocery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#grocery</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/prices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#prices</a>? Lower <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/insurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#insurance</a> or <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/drug" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#drug</a> prices? More <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/jobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#jobs</a>? <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Better" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Better</a> jobs? Can you <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/afford" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#afford</a> to buy a <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/car" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#car</a> or <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/house" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#house</a>? Having <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/trouble" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#trouble</a> paying <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/bills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bills</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/creditcard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#creditcard</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/debt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#debt</a>?Feel <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/secure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#secure</a> in your job?Do you feel <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/safer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#safer</a>? If the answer is NO to the above and you voted for a <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#republican</a> politician, perhaps the <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GOP</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/lied" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lied</a> to you.

t3hhCan't help to wonder why does <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Signal</a> push their <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/smartphone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#smartphone</a> version so hard? Smartphones are the least <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/secure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#secure</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/platforms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#platforms</a> for personal messaging, with a long and ugly track record of <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/violations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#violations</a>, however it's very hard to register, install or use Signal without using a smartphone. Even if the <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/desktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#desktop</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/application" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#application</a> is used, it requires constantly going back and forth to the smartphone version. That's weird for a privacy oriented service. Is there something fishy going on under the hood?

Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://merping.synth.download/@autumn" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@autumn</a> JFC…And people trust folks who built such websites to build a "<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/secure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#secure</a>" <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/messenger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#messenger</a>??? LMAO!

just small circles 🕊<a href="https://social.coop/tags/ThoughtProvoker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ThoughtProvoker</a> :blobhyperthink:Around 1975 Abdul Qadeer Khan, a Pakistani spy, managed to steal nuclear secrets from the highly secure uranium enrichment plant Urenco in the Netherlands. This led to nuclear proliferation and Pakistan having the nuclear bomb.The layers of security at Urenco could not avoid this from happening.Now..Are we in <a href="https://social.coop/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FOSS</a> enriching uranium fully out in the open in how we develop the decentralized <a href="https://social.coop/tags/SocialWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SocialWeb</a>? Or are we reasonably <a href="https://social.coop/tags/secure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#secure</a>?<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdul_Qadeer_Khan" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdul_Qadeer_Khan</a>

TECC :archlinux:Why <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Linux</a> is Great (Despite the Challenges)Linux gives you <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#freedom</a>, <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/control" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#control</a>, and <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/performance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#performance</a> — even for <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gaming</a>. With tools like <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Proton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Proton</a>, <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Wine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Wine</a>, and <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Lutris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Lutris</a>, thousands of <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Windows</a> games now run smoothly on Linux.You get a <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/fast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fast</a>, <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/secure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#secure</a>, and <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/customizable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#customizable</a> system without background bloat or forced <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/updates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#updates</a>. Sure, setup can be tricky at first, and not every title works perfectly out of the box. But the learning curve pays off: you gain real control over your system and understand how it works.The <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#community</a> is active and helpful, and performance often matches or even beats Windows in some games. Once you're in, there's no going back.Linux makes gaming smarter, cleaner, and yours.<a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/games" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#games</a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/GNU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GNU</a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#foss</a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#opensource</a>

openSUSE LinuxThank you <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/tropicsquare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tropicsquare</a> for sponsoring <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/oSC25" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#oSC25</a> and supporting <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/secure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#secure</a>, open <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/hardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hardware</a> in the openSUSE ecosystem! 🔐 <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/openhardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#openhardware</a> <a href="https://events.opensuse.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://events.opensuse.org/</a>

Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://mastodon.social/@threemaapp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@threemaapp</a> don't buy <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/proprietary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#proprietary</a> <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> either! <ul><li>Use only <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/secure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#secure</a> = <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenSource</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpenStandards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenStandards</a> that hare <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MultiVendor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MultiVendor</a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MultiProvider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MultiProvider</a>, like <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/PGP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PGP</a>/MIME!</li></ul>

PrivacyDigest<a href="https://mas.to/tags/Austrian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Austrian</a> government agrees on plan to allow <a href="https://mas.to/tags/monitoring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#monitoring</a> of <a href="https://mas.to/tags/secure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#secure</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/messaging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#messaging</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://mas.to/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#surveillance</a><a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/austrian-government-agrees-plan-allow-150831232.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.yahoo.com/news/austrian-government-agrees-plan-allow-150831232.html</a>

PrivacyDigestComing to <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Apple</a> OSes: A seamless, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/secure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#secure</a> way to import and export <a href="https://mas.to/tags/passkeys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#passkeys</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#security</a><a href="https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/06/apple-previews-new-import-export-feature-to-make-passkeys-more-interoperable/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/06/apple-previews-new-import-export-feature-to-make-passkeys-more-interoperable/</a>

spmatich vk3spm :blobcoffee:<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LLMs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LLMs</a> are far far from helping write <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/secure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#secure</a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/code" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#code</a>, but then we (some of us) knew that. There will come a time when stack overflow threads from the 2010s are irrelevant. Whither LLMs, copilot etc? Stuck in a time warp. <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/writeTheSameCodeAsYourParents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writeTheSameCodeAsYourParents</a> <a href="https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/05/llm_kept_persistent_path_traversal_bug_alive/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/05/llm_kept_persistent_path_traversal_bug_alive/</a>

Sascha Foerster :bonndigital:"Why can't all software be social?" <a href="https://bonn.social/tags/Social" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Social</a> <a href="https://bonn.social/tags/Save" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Save</a> <a href="https://bonn.social/tags/Secure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Secure</a> "Joy is the reason, why social networks have success." <a href="https://social.coop/@cwebber" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@cwebber</a> <a href="https://bonn.social/tags/FediForum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FediForum</a>

Dendrobatus AzureusWhen you take the time to thoroughly read the documentation of this protocol, you will have a good overview of the manner in which Delta Chat thwarts adversaries from intercepting the data transfer between multiple partiesLot of time has been taken and a lot of coding has been done to achieve this level of Ease, for the end user while it is still quite Secure on the backendCan you use it in All situations Secure Communication is required? Of course not. Will it have bugs? naturally it exists of much more than just three lines of code, so don't be silly Is it a nice Achievement? IMHO it Is a very Good Achievement.Now go read study and learn and if necessary even add some code fork it if you want to <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Federated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Federated</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/FediVerse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FediVerse</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenSource</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/POSIX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#POSIX</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Chat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Chat</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Mail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mail</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Secure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Secure</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/encryption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#encryption</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#programming</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/underlords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#underlords</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/DeltaChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DeltaChat</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/email" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#email</a> <a href="https://securejoin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://securejoin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html</a>

Dendrobatus AzureusIn the Everlasting search for clients and servers Federated, detached from corporate underlords, connected to the masses I learned about the following client server duoClient: Delta Chat Servers: Chat Mail serversOne thing that jumps immediately into attention, is the fact that when you download the client, select a server, you get a QR codeWhen you've configured your client, you will immediately notice that you do not need to enter a password for your client. The system is passwordless by default. You do not need to enter a multi-factor authentication code it doesn't need it.What you need to do is be careful with, is who you share your link with. Go and play with it, see if it something for you<a href="https://delta.chat/en/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://delta.chat/en/</a><a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Federated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Federated</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/FediVerse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FediVerse</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenSource</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/POSIX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#POSIX</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Chat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Chat</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Mail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mail</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Secure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Secure</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/encryption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#encryption</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#programming</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/underlords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#underlords</a>

Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://mastodon.social/@torproject" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@torproject</a> <a href="https://flipboard.com/@ZDNet" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@ZDNet</a> TBH, I'd always recommend people to use <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@tails" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@tails</a> / <a href="https://venera.social/profile/tails_live" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@tails_live</a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tails" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tails</a> if they want a secure and private OS.<ul><li>Shure in theory one could do more <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/secure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#secure</a> with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpenBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenBSD</a>, but that's neither easy to use for non-<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IT</a>-folks nor easy to onboard people into.</li></ul>Tails by contrast just comes with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TorBrowser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TorBrowser</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.online/@thunderbird" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@thunderbird</a> and other nifty tools preconfigured from the get go and allows people to get started, regardless if it's a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/journalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#journalist</a> or someones' grandma who may not have her own dedicaded machine but instead uses an external SSD/HDD to just boot into her desktop and not rely on the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/malware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#malware</a>-laced <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Internetcaf%C3%A9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Internetcafé</a>'s <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Windows</a> installation...<ul><li>And getting people setup is really easy, as <a href="https://chaos.social/@cryptoparty" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@cryptoparty@chaos.social</a> / <a href="https://mastodon.earth/@cryptoparty" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@cryptoparty@mastodon.earth</a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CryptoParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CryptoParty</a> have shown folks all the time.</li></ul>Not to mention it avoids a lot of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/pitfalls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pitfalls</a> that other distros like <a href="https://infosec.exchange/@kalilinux" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@kalilinux</a> will deliberaltely keep open because their goals are diametral to that.

Team Crow BackupHallo Fediverse! :mastodon: Wir stellen uns über Hashtags vor: <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/crowbackup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#crowbackup</a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/backup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#backup</a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/swisstech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#swisstech</a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/friends" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#friends</a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/free" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#free</a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/encrypted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#encrypted</a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/secure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#secure</a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/backupsolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#backupsolution</a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/switzerland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#switzerland</a>

C.Daniel J. Bernstein (<a href="https://mindly.social/tags/djb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#djb</a>, to those who know and love him [1]) has a new blog entry about the NIST post-quantum <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/cryptography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cryptography</a> standardization process that's been ongoing for some years. Also, follow him <a href="https://mastodon.cr.yp.to/@djb" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@djb</a> .If you're not aware of some of the controversy about how NIST is running this process, it's a must-read.<a href="https://blog.cr.yp.to/20250423-mceliece.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://blog.cr.yp.to/20250423-mceliece.html</a>My $0.02: it sure looks like NIST is backstopping an attempt by the NSA to get everyone to standardize on cryptography <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/standards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#standards</a> that the <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/NSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NSA</a> knows how to break.Again.Yes, they did it before. If you read up on the Dual_EC calamity and its fallout, and how this time it was supposed to be different - open, transparent, secure - then prepare to be disappointed. NIST is playing <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Calvinball" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Calvinball</a> with their rules for this contest, yanking the rug out from under contenders that appear to be more <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/secure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#secure</a> and better understood, while pushing alternatives that are objectively worse (<a href="https://mindly.social/tags/weaker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#weaker</a> encryption, less studied, poorer <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/performance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#performance</a>).Frankly, I think organizations outside of the <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USA</a> would be foolish to trust anything that comes out of <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/NIST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NIST</a>'s current work. Well, those inside the USA too, but some of those may be forced by law to use whatever NIST certifies.[1] Some people think djb is "prickly", not lovable. Oddly, it seems that the only people who say this are those who are wildly incorrect about code/algorithms and are being gently but publicly corrected about by djb at the time<a href="https://mindly.social/tags/quantum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quantum</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/PostQuantum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PostQuantum</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/PostQuantumCryptography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PostQuantumCryptography</a>

Mark Daniels-Wr. 🟢A useful find for <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UbuntuTouch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UbuntuTouch</a> : delta chat which works natively very well and is a good replacement for fluffy chat which doesn’t seem to exist anymore…. 👍 Is also available for all sorts of other platforms including iOS <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/messenger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#messenger</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Privacy</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/decentralized" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#decentralized</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/secure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#secure</a> <a href="https://delta.chat/en/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://delta.chat/en/</a>

xoron :verified:Selhosted P2P E2EE File Transfer & Messaging PWA * <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenSource</a> * <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/CrossPlatform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CrossPlatform</a> * <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/PWA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PWA</a> * <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/iOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#iOS</a>, <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Android</a>, <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Desktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Desktop</a> (self compile) * App store, Play store (coming soon) * Desktop * <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Windows</a>, <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/MacOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MacOS</a>, <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Linux</a> (self compile) * run `index.html` on any modern <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/browser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#browser</a> * <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Decentralized" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Decentralized</a> * <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Secure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Secure</a> * <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/NoCookies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NoCookies</a> * <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/P2P" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#P2P</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/encrypted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#encrypted</a> * No registration * No installing * <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Messaging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Messaging</a> * Group Messaging (coming soon) * Text Messaging * <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Multimedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Multimedia</a> Messaging * <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Screensharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Screensharing</a> (on desktop browsers) * Offline Messaging (in <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#research</a> phase) * <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/FileTransfer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FileTransfer</a> * <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/VideoCalls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VideoCalls</a> * <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/DataOwnership" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DataOwnership</a> * <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/SelfHosted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SelfHosted</a> * GitHub pages Hosting * <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/LocalOnly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LocalOnly</a> storageCheck it out!<a href="https://positive-intentions.com" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://positive-intentions.com</a>(Degoogled links to the apps) - Chat: <a href="https://chat.positive-intentions.com" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://chat.positive-intentions.com</a> - File: <a href="https://file.positive-intentions.com" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://file.positive-intentions.com</a> - GitHub: <a href="https://github.com/positive-intentions" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://github.com/positive-intentions</a>

Sean O'Brien<a href="https://mastodon.online/@evangreer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@evangreer</a> <a href="https://mastodon.fightforthefuture.org/about/more?instance_actor=true" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@fightforthefuture.org</a> <a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/bsky.app" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@bsky.app</a> <a href="https://social.librem.one/@guardianproject" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@guardianproject</a> 🆘 Ripple: Panic button for emergencies. Trigger a <a href="https://privacysafe.social/tags/secure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#secure</a> wipe, disguise apps, or alert trusted contacts. Useful when you’ve only got a few seconds to react. Essential for border crossings, raids, or detainment. <a href="https://guardianproject.info/apps/info.guardianproject.ripple/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://guardianproject.info/apps/info.guardianproject.ripple/</a>

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