Sabrina Web :privacypride: 📎
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How I see attempts to force #backdoors in E2E #encryption...
Claudius Link
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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
A new class‑action lawsuit alleges WhatsApp’s end‑to‑end encryption is ineffective, claiming Meta can access users’ supposedly private chats despite long‑standing privacy assurances. 📱🔒
https://www.heise.de/en/news/Class-action-lawsuit-WhatsApp-encryption-allegedly-ineffective-11156940.html
#WhatsApp #Encryption #Meta #Privacy #TechNews
Travis F W
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Lawsuit Alleges That #WhatsApp Has No End-to-End #Encryption
https://www.pcmag.com/news/lawsuit-alleges-that-whatsapp-has-no-end-to-end-encryption
Looks like the FBI and the Trump administration are going to go after Signal and Signal users. Should be interesting.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/27/minneapolis-fbi-signal-investigation-kash-patel
Lawsuit Alleges That #WhatsApp Has No End-to-End #Encryption
https://www.pcmag.com/news/lawsuit-alleges-that-whatsapp-has-no-end-to-end-encryption
Chewie
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Ireland drafts new surveillance bill expanding police powers to intercept encrypted messages 🔐
Includes legal basis for spyware use & device scanning tech 🕵️♀️
Civil rights groups warn of normalization of extraordinary powers ⚖️
🔗 https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/21/ireland_wants_to_give_police/
#TechNews #Privacy #Surveillance #Spyware #Encryption #HumanRights #Law #Cybersecurity #PoliceTech #CivilLiberties #EU #Government #DataProtection #Security #DigitalRights #Ireland #Irish
Ireland drafts new surveillance bill expanding police powers to intercept encrypted messages 🔐
Includes legal basis for spyware use & device scanning tech 🕵️♀️
Civil rights groups warn of normalization of extraordinary powers ⚖️
🔗 https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/21/ireland_wants_to_give_police/
#TechNews #Privacy #Surveillance #Spyware #Encryption #HumanRights #Law #Cybersecurity #PoliceTech #CivilLiberties #EU #Government #DataProtection #Security #DigitalRights #Ireland #Irish
Okay, so... In light of all this government surveillance and hacking going on, I'm in search of a true proper fully anonymous, secure encrypted messenger. I tried to like Signal, but with the US Gov using it and it being infiltrated, I don't think I trust it, anymore.
(Don't worry. I'm keeping Telegram for all the folks who won't use anything else because they're Stockholm'd babies afraid of new experiences or refuse to use other apps because they're stubborn fussy brats. Just don't expect me to use it much because it's unsafe, AI-infested, and loaded with censorship bots.)
I also want to send in-line images and videos, and also other files to my friends, without an absolutely lame af size limit like 100MB or less. (Ideally, there should be no limit, or a very large limit like say, 2GB.)
The messenger can be either P2P or distributed/decentralized.
Element/Matrix looks okay but it's designed for business, enterprise, corporate, IT, and white collar office nerds who use things like Slack, Teams, Zoom, etc and need their whole communication system integrated into a single app.
Wire seems to be going this route as well.
Tox is a newer one, and seems to have the right idea about personal chat apps, but their own website states that it is unstable and being heavily developed so there will be lots of bugs and other issues.
Session looks like a great contender, but it's pathetic file size limit of 10MB is abysmal and completely unacceptable.
I'm running out of options, here.
If anyone has any suggestions, please share.
(and don't be a smartass and suggest that I code my own, because I can't and won't.)
#chat #messenger #insantmessenger #encryption #e2ee #p2p #decentalized #privacy #privatecommunications #linux #android #windows #mac #ios
Em :official_verified:
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#Microsoft Gave #FBI Keys To Unlock Encrypted Data, Exposing Major #Privacy Flaw
#Microsoft Gave #FBI Keys To Unlock Encrypted Data, Exposing Major #Privacy Flaw
Beardy Star Stuff 🏴🌹🇵🇸
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Just an FYI for those who don't know... Microsoft has been sharing your encryption keys with the FBI if they ask for them. Obvs this is a huge violation of trust, dangerous for the groups Trump's rogue state is targeting, and just terrifying all around.
"But I don't do anything wrong."
If you're not white, male, conservative, christian, and a sociopath then your existence is wrong to them. The FBI, most agencies are compromised by fascists so don't expect them to be acting in any reasonable way.
If you're going to use Microsoft, like... I dunno. Don't put anything that can be used to profile you in your system, at least until you make sure you're not saving your encryption to their servers.
If you want to move maybe some Apple or Linux ppl can help. Not sure if Apple is safe either tho.
#Microsoft #Encryption #RogueState #Trump #FBI #uspol #politics #Apple #Linux
Today marks the 15th anniversary of the beginning of the Egyptian revolution, in 2011.
Those were the years when Facebook was trying to fool people posing as the good platform empowering oppressed populations.
Look at where we are, now. Platforms showing their real despicable nature.
I truly hope another revolution comes soon, everywhere. This time, we will all be using mesh networks, decentralized protocols, encrypted communication.
Transparency for the powerful, encryption for the masses. (paraphrasing Julian Assange)
#ArabSpring #Egypt #EgyptRevolution #Facebook #Meta #encryption #protest #protests #revolution #meshNetworks #Assange
Børge
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Microsoft confirms it will give the FBI your Windows PC data encryption key if asked — you can thank Windows 11's forced online accounts for that
Windows 11's online Microsoft Account requirement means your PC is automatically backing up its data encryption key to the cloud, and Microsoft says it will hand those over to the FBI if asked.
#Microsoft #Windows11 #privacy #surveillance #enshittification #encryption #technology #software #dystopia
Just an FYI for those who don't know... Microsoft has been sharing your encryption keys with the FBI if they ask for them. Obvs this is a huge violation of trust, dangerous for the groups Trump's rogue state is targeting, and just terrifying all around.
"But I don't do anything wrong."
If you're not white, male, conservative, christian, and a sociopath then your existence is wrong to them. The FBI, most agencies are compromised by fascists so don't expect them to be acting in any reasonable way.
If you're going to use Microsoft, like... I dunno. Don't put anything that can be used to profile you in your system, at least until you make sure you're not saving your encryption to their servers.
If you want to move maybe some Apple or Linux ppl can help. Not sure if Apple is safe either tho.
#Microsoft #Encryption #RogueState #Trump #FBI #uspol #politics #Apple #Linux
"Microsoft said it receives around 20 requests for BitLocker keys a year and will provide them to governments in response to valid court orders"
This should not have been technically possible in the first place... But that's Microsoft, you know...
@Xeniax OFC #CensorBoot never was about #Security and #Microsoft having #Govware - #Backdoors in their #CryptoAPI is nothing new.
- Just glad to have them admit publicly that they don't give a fuck about #Windows #security or #orivacy!
If this doesn't disqualify Windows & Microsoft in general then those who made that decision should be fired.
The only secure #encryption is #FLOSS with #SelfCustody of all the keys…
- And Windows is just #malware…
Microsoft Gave FBI BitLocker Encryption Keys, Exposing Privacy Flaw