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@Tutanota@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

New Year, new digital life: it's time to #deGoogle! 🎉 ❤️

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@ambiguous_yelp@veganism.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

@Tutanota I've mentioned this before but SimpleX is more private secure and anonymous that signal threema and session.

SimpleX is decentralised meaning taking down a single group of servers or org wouldnt destroy the simplex network, people can run completely anonymous simplex servers over tor, this puts simplex ahead of Signal and Threema

SimpleX has quantum resistant encryption which puts it ahead of Threema and Session, the UK military[1] and NATO[2] both consider quantum computers to be a threat now because of store now decrypt later attacks

SimpleX has no user identifiers not even random strings, its essentially like having a "burner phone for every contact". Two or more compromised contacts could corroborate your messages by linking them to your signal username or your session id, but with simplex your contacts can't prove your identity even between eachother. This fact puts SimpleX above Signal Threema and Session

These technical details about the simplex protocol can all be found on the project website including the whitepaper[3]

[1]
https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/whitepaper/preparing-for-quantum-safe-cryptography

[2]
https://www.nato.int/docu/review/articles/2021/06/03/quantum-technologies-in-defence-security/index.html

[3]
http://isdb4l77sjqoy2qq7ipum6x3at6hyn3jmxfx4zdhc72ufbmuq4ilwkqd.onion/

#SimpleX #Threema #Signal #Session #PSA #Privacy #Security #Anonymity #NATO #UnitedKingdom #Tor #QuantumResistantEncryption

Preparing for Quantum-Safe Cryptography

An NCSC whitepaper about mitigating the threat to cryptography from development in Quantum Computing.
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heise online
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@heiseonline@social.heise.de  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Gutachten: US-Behörden haben weitreichenden Zugriff auf europäische Cloud-Daten

Eine Analyse für das Innenministerium beleuchtet die Reichweite US-amerikanischer Gesetze. Demnach sind auch in der EU gespeicherte Daten nicht sicher.

https://www.heise.de/news/Gutachten-US-Behoerden-haben-weitreichenden-Zugriff-auf-europaeische-Cloud-Daten-11111043.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#CloudComputing #Datenschutz #DigitaleSouveränität #DSGVO #EU #Netzpolitik #news

https://social.heise.de/tags/DigitaleSouver%C3%A4nit%C3%A4t
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@DemyOhr@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@heiseonline

Deshalb ist auch #Signal nicht zu empfehlen, da dort alles über die US-Clouds von #Amazon, #Google, #Microsoft & #Cloudflare geht.

#Threema ist 100% Europa & Frei von Clouds !!!

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@heiseonline@social.heise.de  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

Vorratsdaten: Kommission soll bis Mitte 2026 Vorschlag vorlegen

Die Vorratsdatenspeicherung kommt wieder, zumindest als Diskussionspunkt. Was die EU-Staaten sich wünschen, verrät ein vorweihnachtlicher Wunschzettel.

https://www.heise.de/news/Vorratsdaten-Kommission-soll-bis-Mitte-2026-Vorschlag-vorlegen-11101379.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#Datenschutz #EU #IPAdressen #IT #Netzpolitik #Signal #Threema #Vorratsdatenspeicherung #WhatsApp #news

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Daniel Gultsch
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@daniel@gultsch.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 years ago

I don’t know what I was expecting but it looks more and more like the Messaging Interoperability the EU promised will be each gatekeeper essentially publishing their client to server protocol and then you can either use multi protocol messengers or transports. No s2s federation.
Looks like one might be able to log in through the (propriety) c2s API with third party IDs though.

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@lascapi@social.tchncs.de replied  ·  activity timestamp last month

@daniel that's sad but not unexpected.

Another point of view is to work with small actors to build that together.

And I think of course to #XMPP and #matrix and #Sip but also to #threema #wire and #deltachat for example!

Having a working instant messaging operability between open source actor looks like a good first step, isn't it?

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@rixx@chaos.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

maybe finally reached the breaking point in moving as many remaining groups and convos from Threema to Signal:

I have to swap out my phone due to a failing display, and while Signal imports its 6GB data backup without a hitch, Threema just … dies at 3GB, probably due to lack of memory. Which is just … astounding. And bad. And I'll have to delete some data, which, wtf.

Richard "RichiH" Hartmann
Richard "RichiH" Hartmann
@RichiH@chaos.social replied  ·  activity timestamp last month

@rixx I had similar recently, and it's astonishing how bad #Threema still is at this

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Electronic Frontier Foundation
@eff@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

There's a more secure alternative to texting via your phone's native messaging app. Signal is a free app that employs end-to-end encryption and we have a step-by-step guide to help you learn how to use it. https://ssd.eff.org/module/how-to-use-signal

How to: Use Signal

Download location: Google Play Store, Apple App Store System requirements: Android 5 or later, iOS 13 or later Version used in this guide: Android: 7.38.6 iPhone: 7.5.1 License: GPLv3 Level: Beginner Time required: 15-20 minutes Other reading: https://signal.org/ https://support.signal.org/ https://signal.org/blog/ Table of Contents Download and Install Signal Register and Verify...
Demy
Demy
@DemyOhr@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

@eff #Signal is not secure!

1
It supports #surveillance
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/03/07/the-revolution-will-not-be-signaled/

2
#SignalApp is #Trump friendly
https://therecord.media/signal-no-longer-cooperating-with-ukraine

3
It collects your #Metadata like #WhatsApp
https://primal.net/e/note14hf9d3fkkhrsygkyzz8snuwyukckd4yqx0cq62z35cwp53a20a8suw457j

4
Everyone can spy you
https://heise.de/-10515774

#UnPlugTrump & #DeleteSignal

Check:

https://SecureMessagingApps.com

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86 #Threema = Winner

81 #SimpleXChat
80 #Signal
77 #Session
68 #Wire
56 #Element / #Matrix
37 #Apple #iMessage
32 #WhatsApp
27 #Telegram
26 #FB Messenger

Security

What WhatsApp and Signal reveal, despite encryption

Signal is famous for good end-to-end encryption, WhatsApp is following suit. At DEFCON, two Austrians show what the messengers reveal nonetheless.

Signal no longer cooperating with Ukraine on Russian cyberthreats, official says

The encrypted messaging app Signal has stopped responding to requests from Ukrainian law enforcement regarding Russian cyberthreats, a Ukrainian official claimed, warning that the shift is aiding Moscow’s intelligence efforts.
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@pixeltracker@sigmoid.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

The new #Threema desktop beta for #macOS looks really solid. It finally feels like a proper native app and no longer resembles a browser window.

Still, I wonder when the beta phase will finally end. It has been running for quite some time now.

🌍 https://threema.com/en/download/threema-private/desktop-beta

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@pallenberg@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

Es sieht so aus, als wuerden weltweit die Webservices wieder langsam erreichbar sein.

Was ich an der gesamten Nummer aber extrem verstoerend finde ist, dass #Signal bei #Amazon hostet!

Du kannst nicht sagen: Ey EU... Wenn die Chatkontrolle kommt, dann sind wir weg und dann gibst du dich mit deinem Oekosystem dem US-Cloud Act hin.

Auch ein Grund staerker auf #Threema zu setzen!

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@tux@burningboard.net (and 4 others) recently replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

@pallenberg

Auch #Threema bleibt ein zentralisierter Dienst und damit ein Single Point of Failure. Nachhaltig sicher sind nur dezentrale Kommunikationslösungen.

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@pallenberg@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

Es sieht so aus, als wuerden weltweit die Webservices wieder langsam erreichbar sein.

Was ich an der gesamten Nummer aber extrem verstoerend finde ist, dass #Signal bei #Amazon hostet!

Du kannst nicht sagen: Ey EU... Wenn die Chatkontrolle kommt, dann sind wir weg und dann gibst du dich mit deinem Oekosystem dem US-Cloud Act hin.

Auch ein Grund staerker auf #Threema zu setzen!

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@derPUPE@chaos.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

🚨 IF you are an #Signal, #Threema or #Element user und installed today the fresh #IOS26 Update, this is important for you:

please #disable in each App-Setting the fucking #default allowence to "apple intelligance" use the chat content for "learning" & co.

Please protect the #privacy of your communication partners and disable this

The image displays a settings menu for "Apple Intelligence & Siri" in German. It includes toggle options for allowing Siri to learn from an app and to show suggestions on the home screen. Descriptive text explains the purpose of the features related to app usage

this is default of every app - disable it
The image displays a settings menu for "Apple Intelligence & Siri" in German. It includes toggle options for allowing Siri to learn from an app and to show suggestions on the home screen. Descriptive text explains the purpose of the features related to app usage this is default of every app - disable it
The image displays a settings menu for "Apple Intelligence & Siri" in German. It includes toggle options for allowing Siri to learn from an app and to show suggestions on the home screen. Descriptive text explains the purpose of the features related to app usage this is default of every app - disable it
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@derPUPE@chaos.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

🚨 IF you are an #Signal, #Threema or #Element user und installed today the fresh #IOS26 Update, this is important for you:

please #disable in each App-Setting the fucking #default allowence to "apple intelligance" use the chat content for "learning" & co.

Please protect the #privacy of your communication partners and disable this

The image displays a settings menu for "Apple Intelligence & Siri" in German. It includes toggle options for allowing Siri to learn from an app and to show suggestions on the home screen. Descriptive text explains the purpose of the features related to app usage

this is default of every app - disable it
The image displays a settings menu for "Apple Intelligence & Siri" in German. It includes toggle options for allowing Siri to learn from an app and to show suggestions on the home screen. Descriptive text explains the purpose of the features related to app usage this is default of every app - disable it
The image displays a settings menu for "Apple Intelligence & Siri" in German. It includes toggle options for allowing Siri to learn from an app and to show suggestions on the home screen. Descriptive text explains the purpose of the features related to app usage this is default of every app - disable it
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@bertwest@troet.cafe  ·  activity timestamp 4 months ago

Heute hat meine Schwester Geburtstag. Was schenkt man da?
... Ha! Ich hab's!!! Eine #threema Lizenz
Bin gespannt, was sie dazu sagt 😀
#unplugtrump #europeanalternatives

https://threema.com/de/faq/gift

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@bertwest@troet.cafe  ·  activity timestamp 4 months ago

Heute hat meine Schwester Geburtstag. Was schenkt man da?
... Ha! Ich hab's!!! Eine #threema Lizenz
Bin gespannt, was sie dazu sagt 😀
#unplugtrump #europeanalternatives

https://threema.com/de/faq/gift

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