I love Bruce Schneier 🤣 On the physical constraints of twiddling bits in order to crack an AES-256 key:

"Brute-force attacks against 256-bit keys will be infeasible until computers are built from something other than matter and occupy something other than space."

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/09/the_doghouse_cr.html

#security #encryption

🇷🇺 Russia wants China's Great Firewall

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

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

Everyone deserves #privacy.

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

But it will be back.

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

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

The clock is still ticking: https://tuta.com/blog/chat-control-criticism

But it will be back.

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

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

The clock is still ticking: https://tuta.com/blog/chat-control-criticism

🇪🇺Today, EU working group meeting on #ChatControl took place😐. Result: Germany's position is still pending🤔.
📆 The final vote in the Council is still scheduled for October 14.
⏰ 31 days left to fight for #digitalPrivacy and secure #encryption! https://chatcontrol.eu

🇪🇺Today, EU working group meeting on #ChatControl took place😐. Result: Germany's position is still pending🤔.
📆 The final vote in the Council is still scheduled for October 14.
⏰ 31 days left to fight for #digitalPrivacy and secure #encryption! https://chatcontrol.eu

The final hours. The last chance. But not the last fight.

Today, 🇩🇪 Germany said NO to ChatControl 💥 This could be the turning point 🔄 But it is not the end.

If tomorrow we manage to block this proposal - it will be a victory 🎉 But digital freedom does not defend itself. It must be protected. Every day. In every decision. In every update. In every voice 📢

Now is the time to do everything that is still left:
- Write to your MEP
- Share information 🔁
- Mobilize others 🤝
- Do not stay silent 🤐

Because even if we win tomorrow - it is only the beginning. Because even if we lose - it is not the end.

Freedom does not vanish loudly. It disappears quietly Unless we defend it ✊

#ChatControl#FightChatControl #CSAR#EU#EuropeanUnion#Europe#Encryption#Privacy#Security#Cybersecurity#Freedom#DigitalFreedom#Democracy#HumanRights#Surveillance#StopSurveillance #StopScanningMe#Resistance#Policy

The final hours. The last chance. But not the last fight.

Today, 🇩🇪 Germany said NO to ChatControl 💥 This could be the turning point 🔄 But it is not the end.

If tomorrow we manage to block this proposal - it will be a victory 🎉 But digital freedom does not defend itself. It must be protected. Every day. In every decision. In every update. In every voice 📢

Now is the time to do everything that is still left:
- Write to your MEP
- Share information 🔁
- Mobilize others 🤝
- Do not stay silent 🤐

Because even if we win tomorrow - it is only the beginning. Because even if we lose - it is not the end.

Freedom does not vanish loudly. It disappears quietly Unless we defend it ✊

#ChatControl#FightChatControl #CSAR#EU#EuropeanUnion#Europe#Encryption#Privacy#Security#Cybersecurity#Freedom#DigitalFreedom#Democracy#HumanRights#Surveillance#StopSurveillance #StopScanningMe#Resistance#Policy

🇪🇺DANGER TO DEMOCRACY. In 2 days, EU governments debate #ChatControl: a plan to mass-scan all our private messages. 500+ scientists warn it’s technically broken, breaks #encryption & threatens our rights. EU gov'ts must listen to the experts & BLOCK it!

https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/danger-to-democracy-500-top-scientists-urge-eu-governments-to-reject-technically-infeasible-chat-control/

EU citizens’ privacy rights and digital security are at risk. The #EU wants to scan every photo, link, or file sent, weakening #encryption and setting a dangerous global precedent. If you're in the EU, tell representatives to keep your private messages private. https://fightchatcontrol.eu @chatcontrol

EU citizens’ privacy rights and digital security are at risk. The #EU wants to scan every photo, link, or file sent, weakening #encryption and setting a dangerous global precedent. If you're in the EU, tell representatives to keep your private messages private. https://fightchatcontrol.eu @chatcontrol

Arti 1.5.0 is out! 🦀
The Rust-based Tor implementation adds new client features:
– Conflux
– Flow & congestion control
– Onion service PoW
– Bug fix for client bootstrapping 🛠️

MSRV now set to Rust 1.85.
Full changelog:
🔗 https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/arti/-/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md?ref_type=heads#arti-150--28-august-2025

@torproject

#Tor#Arti#Rust#RustLang#OpenSource#Privacy#Cybersecurity#Anonymity#InfoSec#Tails#Decentralization#Encryption#Networking#Onion#FOSS#RustDev#InternetFreedom#Freedom#DigitalRights#Security#CyberSecurity#Browser

Speaking of Matrix global services occasionally exacerbating one's propensity for migraines, oh look a total outage for the malignant design... oh but they tell everyone a fantastic story:

> "Matrix is a distributed fault tolerated encrypted network of disaggregated nodes!" 😐

except that they deployed via an active/passive two node PostgreSQL backend which just crashed both nodes and took 55TB of network data offline. also their TLS termination is fronted by CloudFlare (anything in back of TLS termination is not TLS encrypted).

- https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/03/matrixorg_raid_failure/

#matrix #chat #networking #linux #encryption#thisIsNotHighAvailability