GrapheneOS is leaving France due to government pressure for encryption backdoors 🇫🇷

The move highlights risks to end-to-end encryption and user privacy when authorities demand access to secure data 🔒
Open-source privacy projects may face similar pressures globally 🌐

@GrapheneOS

🔗 https://proton.me/blog/grapheneos-france

#TechNews #Privacy #Security #OpenSource #Encryption #CyberSecurity #DataProtection #DigitalRights #UserRights #Anonymity #Internet #SecurityTech #WebFreedom #E2EE #Android #GrapheneOS #France

@NebulaTide @jkn Unfortunately, switching to alternatives is simply not enough; we also need to be unavailable on SMS, Whatsapp and other proprietary platforms.

Using a data SIM on #LinuxMobile, I have managed to onboard many people, over a hundred, to #FOSS messengers. Before when I preached freedom and #privacy, there'd always be resistance. Now people just accept that WA, SMS, etc are simply not an option and they readily hop on to alternatives if they need to reach me.

#DeltaChat #Matrix #XMPP #SignalMessenger #MobileLinux #Librem5 #digitalprivacy #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #e2ee

I just started using @delta and it's just great!
Quick and straigthforward sign-up process, very cool features, no ads, no AI crap, allows text, image and voice messages, groups, multiple accounts. And free! (based on donations).
Everything is end to end encrypted, can be synced across devices and zero personal data is required whatsoever to create an account (no phone number, no email). Using standard yet powerful chatmail relays.

My daughter needs to communicate with a correspondent in another country, she has no phone but can use a laptop, so this is perfect. Also we can create a family group 😊

Kudos to the team behind this amazing project.
#foss #e2ee

I just started using @delta and it's just great!
Quick and straigthforward sign-up process, very cool features, no ads, no AI crap, allows text, image and voice messages, groups, multiple accounts. And free! (based on donations).
Everything is end to end encrypted, can be synced across devices and zero personal data is required whatsoever to create an account (no phone number, no email). Using standard yet powerful chatmail relays.

My daughter needs to communicate with a correspondent in another country, she has no phone but can use a laptop, so this is perfect. Also we can create a family group 😊

Kudos to the team behind this amazing project.
#foss #e2ee

GrapheneOS is leaving France due to government pressure for encryption backdoors 🇫🇷

The move highlights risks to end-to-end encryption and user privacy when authorities demand access to secure data 🔒
Open-source privacy projects may face similar pressures globally 🌐

@GrapheneOS

🔗 https://proton.me/blog/grapheneos-france

#TechNews #Privacy #Security #OpenSource #Encryption #CyberSecurity #DataProtection #DigitalRights #UserRights #Anonymity #Internet #SecurityTech #WebFreedom #E2EE #Android #GrapheneOS #France

If they truly cared about the children,
they would be much more concerned about AI everywhere than end-to-end encryption everywhere.

Encryption actually protects the children.
AI harms them, and us.

#NoAI #Encryption #E2EE #RootForE2EE #ChatControl #AgeVerification

If they truly cared about the children,
they would be much more concerned about AI everywhere than end-to-end encryption everywhere.

Encryption actually protects the children.
AI harms them, and us.

#NoAI #Encryption #E2EE #RootForE2EE #ChatControl #AgeVerification

The UK government must take cybersecurity seriously to get growth.

Key to this is strong encryption for all.

They must put guarantees in the UK Cyber Security and Resilience Bill and quit trying to force a backdoor into secure systems like they did with Apple.

Otherwise we'll be open to more attacks.

#Budget2025 #budget #UKbudget #reeves #dataprotection #cybersecurity #data #ukpolitics #ukpol #e2ee #encryption

The UK government must take cybersecurity seriously to get growth.

Key to this is strong encryption for all.

They must put guarantees in the UK Cyber Security and Resilience Bill and quit trying to force a backdoor into secure systems like they did with Apple.

Otherwise we'll be open to more attacks.

#Budget2025 #budget #UKbudget #reeves #dataprotection #cybersecurity #data #ukpolitics #ukpol #e2ee #encryption

@NebulaTide @jkn Unfortunately, switching to alternatives is simply not enough; we also need to be unavailable on SMS, Whatsapp and other proprietary platforms.

Using a data SIM on #LinuxMobile, I have managed to onboard many people, over a hundred, to #FOSS messengers. Before when I preached freedom and #privacy, there'd always be resistance. Now people just accept that WA, SMS, etc are simply not an option and they readily hop on to alternatives if they need to reach me.

#DeltaChat #Matrix #XMPP #SignalMessenger #MobileLinux #Librem5 #digitalprivacy #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #e2ee

Are there any fediverse apps where the bulk of the processing, the rendering, and the authoritative datastore are all on the client? In other words, where the server does almost nothing but forward messages to clients and other servers, and minimizes storage on the server?

This structure seems necessary for a privacy-centric app, in order to minimize how much a user needs to trust their own server and possibly other servers. E2ee will help a lot, but it would be even better if servers didn't store who all our follows and followers are, for example.

Just brainstorming on how to get to a fediverse app with good privacy. I wrote a non-AP app like this with a simple UI, but I'd much rather take an existing fediverse app with a well-developed UX and modify it as needed. So that's what I'm looking for.

Thanks for any ideas!

#fediverse #privacy #e2ee #FediverseApp

Politicians:
Terrified about citizens that might be sending private messages they cannot read on Signal -> Sudden panic about "protecting the children" 🙃

Also politicians:
Grok AI Chatbot collects data and asks for nudes from a 12-year old -> AI is innovation! We should invest billions in taxpayers money in it! 💰💰💰

:blobcat_thisisfine:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/investigates/tesla-grok-mom-9.6956930

#NoAI #NoGrok #E2EE #ChatControl #ProtectTheChildrenForReal

Are there any fediverse apps where the bulk of the processing, the rendering, and the authoritative datastore are all on the client? In other words, where the server does almost nothing but forward messages to clients and other servers, and minimizes storage on the server?

This structure seems necessary for a privacy-centric app, in order to minimize how much a user needs to trust their own server and possibly other servers. E2ee will help a lot, but it would be even better if servers didn't store who all our follows and followers are, for example.

Just brainstorming on how to get to a fediverse app with good privacy. I wrote a non-AP app like this with a simple UI, but I'd much rather take an existing fediverse app with a well-developed UX and modify it as needed. So that's what I'm looking for.

Thanks for any ideas!

#fediverse #privacy #e2ee #FediverseApp

@rysiek @dos @mebbie I'm a non-developer daily driving #postmarketOS on a #Librem5. Eveything important works including VoLTE calls, SMS, Wi-Fi, 4G, web browsing, web apps, #e2ee messaging and calls on #Signal, Matrix, XMPP and #DeltaChat, GPS, camera, etc.