@delta Reminds me of SimpleX, if you can add quantum-resistant encryption and easy multi profile management and throwaway (incognito) profiles like simplex then the privacy and anonymity features would probably be on par and I'd consider switching to get away from the far right dev team.

#FLOSS #E2EE #PSA #Privacy #Anonymity #SimpleX #DeltaChat #QuantumResistantEncryption #FarRight

We are entering a new step in the development of #Holos and we need more people to test.
We have reopened subscriptions through the app: https://holos.social/signup

We wrote a page explaining how we implemented #E2EE DMs over #ActivityPub: https://holos.social/e2ee

Don't hesitate to contribute and share your feedback with us. Thank you.

#HolosSocial

RE: https://mastodon.social/@HolosSocial/116007730441888134

We have published a new version of #Holos app (rc-1) that supports #E2EE DMs over ActivityPub.

We wrote a page that explains our E2EE implementation: https://holos.social/e2ee

If you want to discover how Holos app and relay work together: https://holos.social/how-it-works

#HolosSocial

We are entering a new step in the development of #Holos and we need more people to test.
We have reopened subscriptions through the app: https://holos.social/signup

We wrote a page explaining how we implemented #E2EE DMs over #ActivityPub: https://holos.social/e2ee

Don't hesitate to contribute and share your feedback with us. Thank you.

#HolosSocial

RE: https://mastodon.social/@HolosSocial/116007730441888134

We have published a new version of #Holos app (rc-1) that supports #E2EE DMs over ActivityPub.

We wrote a page that explains our E2EE implementation: https://holos.social/e2ee

If you want to discover how Holos app and relay work together: https://holos.social/how-it-works

#HolosSocial

@JulianOliver @rzeta0 @analogfusion #Proton will be there when Proton Meet comes out of beta. It is full suite (well, only dice and sheets ATM but mail, calendar, drive, password manager, authenticator, VPN) and all #e2ee. And easy import from Google.

Only catch is that it is freemium and most people think technology should be free.
@protonprivacy

@sashin

This is just one reason why I use SimpleX over Signal:

I can maintain several SimpleX profiles each with different static contact addresses and switch between them easily in the official client, and if I need more anonymity than that I can send someone a dm with a 1-time invite. Either way after someone connects to you every dm you are part of uses a different internal pair of addresses for sending and recieving messages which is why its like having a burner phone for every contact

http://isdb4l77sjqoy2qq7ipum6x3at6hyn3jmxfx4zdhc72ufbmuq4ilwkqd.onion/

#PSA #Privacy #Anonymity #E2EE #SimpleX

#deltachat does

- no bindings to public handles/numbers

- no address-book upload

- not do public contact or group discovery

- not have critical persistent server state (!)

Social identification is private, between people though ephemeral #P2P #E2EE messages.

Servers see messages with random sender and recipient addresses, but those can not be mapped to a phone number or public handle. Servers see IP addresses. But you can use Tor, or a VPN, if you want to hide that.

It' not all bad :)

#XMPP @ #FOSDEM 2026

Talk:
#UnifiedPush - #Push notifications. Decentralized and Open Source - Daniel Gultsch, s1m
Sat, 16:00, UB4.132

Visit the XMPP Realtime Lounge in #ULB, AW Building, Level 1!

#jabber #chat #opensource #messaging #federation #Brussels, #Belgium #opensource #rtc #e2ee

#XMPP @ #FOSDEM 2026

Talk:
#UnifiedPush - #Push notifications. Decentralized and Open Source - Daniel Gultsch, s1m
Sat, 16:00, UB4.132

Visit the XMPP Realtime Lounge in #ULB, AW Building, Level 1!

#jabber #chat #opensource #messaging #federation #Brussels, #Belgium #opensource #rtc #e2ee

@evacide
Someone clarify me please 🤔

If e2ee happens from client to client, means a closed proprietary app like WhatsApp can use the decrypted messages at the client level & do can steal it even though the connection is marketed as e2ee

Am I right, or I'm missing out something?

Coz I see the option to send last 5 messages to meta when I report a spam and block the number.

So the e2ee is useless if the client is closed source right? 🤔

#e2ee #WhatsApp #client #encryption #data #connection

Lawsuit Alleges That WhatsApp Has No End-to-End Encryption

A lawsuit filed in San Francisco alleges that #WhatsApp's end-to-end encryption contains backdoors allowing #Meta employees to access user messages in real-time.

According to the complaint, internal tools allow engineers to view chats by User ID without a separate decryption step, bypassing the Signal Protocol protections the app claims to use.

The lawsuit cites £whistleblowers who claim that workers can request access to specific accounts via internal tasks, gaining unlimited temporal scope to a user's history, including deleted messages. Meta has labeled these claims false and absurd.

Technical experts note that while the Signal Protocol itself is mathematically secure, the integrity of end-to-end encryption relies entirely on the security of the endpoints. Potential vulnerabilities in WhatsApp include unencrypted cloud backups, metadata collection, and the fact that the client software is closed-source.

Without the ability to audit the code or verify public keys through an independent directory, users must trust that the application is not exfiltrating plaintext data before it is encrypted for transit.

The legal action highlights the ongoing tension between corporate privacy marketing and the technical reality of centralized messaging platforms. If the allegations of an internal "widget" for message access are proven true, it would represent a fundamental breach of the encryption standards Meta has advertised since 2016.
https://it.slashdot.org/story/26/01/27/0550249/lawsuit-alleges-that-whatsapp-has-no-end-to-end-encryption

#WhatsApp #Meta #Privacy #CyberSecurity #Encryption #DataPrivacy #E2EE #TechNews #Lawsuit #Whistleblower #DigitalRights #Messaging #InformationSecurity #SignalProtocol

Lawsuit Alleges That WhatsApp Has No End-to-End Encryption

A lawsuit filed in San Francisco alleges that #WhatsApp's end-to-end encryption contains backdoors allowing #Meta employees to access user messages in real-time.

According to the complaint, internal tools allow engineers to view chats by User ID without a separate decryption step, bypassing the Signal Protocol protections the app claims to use.

The lawsuit cites £whistleblowers who claim that workers can request access to specific accounts via internal tasks, gaining unlimited temporal scope to a user's history, including deleted messages. Meta has labeled these claims false and absurd.

Technical experts note that while the Signal Protocol itself is mathematically secure, the integrity of end-to-end encryption relies entirely on the security of the endpoints. Potential vulnerabilities in WhatsApp include unencrypted cloud backups, metadata collection, and the fact that the client software is closed-source.

Without the ability to audit the code or verify public keys through an independent directory, users must trust that the application is not exfiltrating plaintext data before it is encrypted for transit.

The legal action highlights the ongoing tension between corporate privacy marketing and the technical reality of centralized messaging platforms. If the allegations of an internal "widget" for message access are proven true, it would represent a fundamental breach of the encryption standards Meta has advertised since 2016.
https://it.slashdot.org/story/26/01/27/0550249/lawsuit-alleges-that-whatsapp-has-no-end-to-end-encryption

#WhatsApp #Meta #Privacy #CyberSecurity #Encryption #DataPrivacy #E2EE #TechNews #Lawsuit #Whistleblower #DigitalRights #Messaging #InformationSecurity #SignalProtocol

There are many ways that #WhatsApp could implement methods for getting users' messages while still using #EndToEndEncryption. The #mobile app could take a command to send messages to #Meta before they are encrypted (via an #E2EE channel still). This is why #FreeSoftware and #OpenSource are essential for #privacy. Anyone can then inspect what the app is actually doing. #Proprietary #software means blinding trusting the developer's claims.

https://www.pcmag.com/news/lawsuit-alleges-that-whatsapp-has-no-end-to-end-encryption

#lawsuit #FOSS #FLOSS

There are many ways that #WhatsApp could implement methods for getting users' messages while still using #EndToEndEncryption. The #mobile app could take a command to send messages to #Meta before they are encrypted (via an #E2EE channel still). This is why #FreeSoftware and #OpenSource are essential for #privacy. Anyone can then inspect what the app is actually doing. #Proprietary #software means blinding trusting the developer's claims.

https://www.pcmag.com/news/lawsuit-alleges-that-whatsapp-has-no-end-to-end-encryption

#lawsuit #FOSS #FLOSS