#encryption

Dear Fedi friends. I want to make a short #survey to understand who actively uses #keyservers today. I am interested in understanding the meaning and the value that people attribute to keyservers nowadays, and the shift in perceptions of email #encryption

I will be making several polls (follow the thread!)

I also would be happy if some of you agree to talk with me more in depth over an e2ee encrypted channel of your choice, no need to make a call, just messages are enough

Feel free to share the polls and reach out in comments if you can and want to be part of this study.

If this ever leads to any kind of publication, I will be following the standard ethical protocol adopted in the academic research community, which is to 1. ask informed consent for quoting; 2. quoting anonymously by default, unless the person wants to be named and 3. right to withdraw from the study even after responding to the questions

QUESTION 1: DO YOU USE KEYSERVERS?

The first hacker says:

"I can't crack this password and I have to go now, can you get the others to do it please?"

The hacker-manager replies:

"No I can't,
because they Argon2."

#EncryptionJoke #BadPunsAreFun #Encryption

Meine Datenschutz und Privatsphäre Übersicht 2025, für die Allgemeinheit

Teilen er­be­ten

als PDF:

https://cryptpad.digitalcourage.de/file/#/2/file/NdmBgSYkRCto8B+JmJkE9mQ4/

 #DSGVO #TDDDG ( #unplugtrump )
#Datenschutz #Privatsphäre #sicherheit #Verschlüsselung
#encryption #WEtell #SoloKey #NitroKey #Email #Cybersecurity #Pixelfed #Massenűberwachung
#Google #Metadaten #WhatsApp #Threema #Cryptpad #Signal
#Hateaid #Cyberstalking #Messenger #Browser #Youtube #NewPipe #Chatkontrolle #nichtszuverbergen #ÜberwachungsKapitalismus #Microsoft #Apple #Windows #Linux #Matrix #Mastodon #Friendica #Fediverse #Mastodir #Loops #2FA #Ransomware #Foss #VeraCrypt #HateAid #Coreboot #Volksverpetzer #Netzpolitik #Digitalisierung #FragdenStaat #Shiftphone  #OpenSource #GrapheneOS #CCC #Mail #Mullvad #PGP #GnuPG #DNS #Gaming #linuxgaming #Lutris #Protondb #eOS #Enshittification
#Bloatware #TPM #Murena  #LiberaPay #GnuTaler #Taler #PreppingforFuture
#FediLZ #BlueLZ #InstaLZ #ThreatModel
#FLOSS #UEFI #Medienkompetenz

Google's new "end to end encryption" isn't as secure as it sounds. A company designates a "super admin" account, which can in principle decrypt any email sent from the company. https://tech.yahoo.com/articles/google-rolling-end-end-encryption-130000415.html #gmail #encryption #security

Encryption is essential for cybersecurity

The lack of protections for it in the UK Cyber Security Bill, coupled with the UK's encryption-breaching order against Apple, shows a lack of seriousness about the threats we face.

Sign and share our petition to send a message

https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/keep-our-apple-data-encrypted

#e2ee #encryption #cybersecurity #cybersecuritybill #security #ukpolitics #ukpol

“The UK cannot claim to be strengthening the country’s cyber defences while at the same time issuing notices to companies like Apple and demanding that they reduce the security of the services they offer."

@JamesBaker – ORG Programme Manager.

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366619260/Top-cryptography-experts-join-calls-for-UK-to-drop-plans-to-snoop-on-Apples-encrypted-data

#encryption #cybersecurity #cybersecuritybill #security #ukpolitics #ukpol #e2ee #apple

NEW: The UK government has published its Cyber Security Bill and there are glaring holes.

Missing:

Protections for encryption.
Reduction of our dependence on US corporations for vital UK government infrastructure, such as through open source software.

Read our response

https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/org-response-to-cyber-security-bill/

#cybersecurity #cybersecuritybill #security #encryption #opensource #ukpolitics #ukpol

This morning, I was on the phone with a potential client, and I suggested they migrate to a NextCloud solution instead of their current cloud provider. When I explained that one of the main reasons, in my opinion, is to remain the owner of their own data, they reacted ironically, saying that at that point, people like me would have access to all their data. They seemed less worried about a large cloud provider than about a company "closer" to them.

I explained that they could encrypt everything, but they weren’t entirely convinced.

We parted ways on good terms, but with little hope.

Two hours later, they called me back. They did some research and asked a few colleagues. They’re now considering the idea and even apologized for the joke.

There was nothing to apologize for; it's just that some dynamics can be unclear (especially since we're so used to the promises of salespeople, often far from reality).

#DataOwnership #Encryption #TechTrust #PrivacyMatters

Best News of the Year: We've stopped a backdoor law in France

Encryption backdoors must never be allowed. We at Tuta will continue to fight against mass surveillance!

https://tuta.com/blog/why-a-backdoor-is-a-security-risk

#privacy #encryption #surveillance #backdoors

Your data. Your rules. Your digital future.

monocles launches its crowdfunding campaign on StartNext today!

monocles offers the solution for European independence from big tech. Be it the end-to-end encrypted chat, the secure email service or the privacy-friendly smartphones with our own operating system. monocles creates a decentralized, fair and ethical digital ecosystem for everyone.

Be part of it!

https://www.startnext.com/en/monocles

#privacy #sovereign #dataprotection #encryption #monocles

Following part 1, here is the part 2 of my series of articles on how to build a #crossplatform search engine from scratch, in #rustlang .

This article is about how we go from a document to a set of structured indexes.

Enjoy reading it, feel free to provide some feedback, here or directly on GitHub

Here is the link: https://jdrouet.github.io/posts/202503191700-search-engine-part-2/

#rustlang #encryption #searchengine #opensource #wasm #crossplatform

Let’s Encrypt at risk from Trump cuts to OTF: “Let’s Encrypt received around $800,000 in funding from the OTF”

Dear @EUCommission, get your heads out of your arses and let’s find @letsencrypt €1M/year (a rounding error in EU finances) and have them move to the EU.

If Let’s Encrypt is fucked, the web is fucked, and the Small Web is fucked too. So how about we don’t let that happen, yeah?

(In the meanwhile, if the Let’s Encrypt folks want to make a point about how essential they are, it might be an idea to refuse certificates to republican politicians. See how they like their donation systems breaking in real time…)

CC @nlnet @NGIZero@mastodon.xyz

#USA #fascism #OpenTechFund #LetsEncrypt #SSL #TLS #encryption #EU #web #tech #SmallWeb #SmallTech https://mastodon.social/@publictorsten/114223873439053263

What happens encrypted, stays encrypted… unless you add the world press to the chat

How to #PracticeSafeText:

Use end-to-end encryption.
Check your contacts.

FAO: The US Administration. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/trump-administration-accidentally-texted-me-its-war-plans/682151/

Donate to our campaign to #SaveEncryption: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/save-encryption-in-the-uk#/

#e2ee #encryption #privacy #security #uspolitics #signal #trump #hegseth #theatlantic #uspol

This article is interesting for many reasons. One is that high-level #Trump officials are using #Signal (@signalapp) for top-secret govt business.
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/24/atlantic-yemen-signal-hegseth-jeffrey-goldberg

Many questions:
* Are they doing this because it's more convenient than comparable govt tools? (See Hillary Clinton's email server.) Or more secure? Both?
* Are there rules against this? (See Clinton's email server.) Are these officials breaking the law?
* Does this mean Signal is safe from govt attempts to force open a backdoor?

#Encryption #USPol #USPolitics

The "quantum cliff" is coming sooner than you think. State secrets, financial information, medical records, private communications—all umasked. Forever.

First accessible by states & corps, then criminals, then everyone.

@jesse & I discussed it in our book The Secret Life of Data: http://www.secretlife.cc

Now there's a good @WIRED article about it: https://www.wired.com/story/q-day-apocalypse-quantum-computers-encryption/

#encryption #privacy #surveillance #quantum #qday

Following the introduction, here is the part 1 of my series of articles on how to build a crossplatform search engine from scratch, in #rustlang.

This section will handle how we'll store the encrypted data on any platform.

Enjoy reading it, feel free to provide some feedback, here or directly on GitHub

https://jdrouet.github.io/posts/202503170800-search-engine-part-1/

#rustlang #rust #encryption #searchengine #wasm #crossplatform

I am responding to another email chain.... Thinking to myself... I wish more of my friends/family are on mastodon. This email is exactly how I use mastodon. Same with a text message.

Only things missing are:
- Encryption on private toots.
- Ability to send files like a pdf.
- Groups. A group of contacts that can be saved as one name. Each contact can receive/respond/remove own contact from group.

#mastodon #fediverse #elasticsearch #encryption #groups #wishfulthinking

France rejects encryption backdoor proposal that would have allowed law enforcement to secretly join private chats. A win for privacy and security, but similar efforts are likely to resurface.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/win-encryption-france-rejects-backdoor-mandate

#Encryption #Privacy #Cybersecurity #Surveillance

**Même sans informatique, la démocratie continue**

> Contre toute attente, ce sont les députés de La France insoumise qui ont donné l’exemple en s’organisant devant le micro. Si on nous avait dit un jour que les groupes du centre et de la droite prendraient exemple sur La France Insoumise, on n’y aurait pas cru.

Merci pour ce chouette compte-rendu de séance @Projet_Arcadie !

#Narcotrafic #Encryption #Chiffrement

New Privacy Guides article
by @jonah :

With the political changes
happening in the United States right now,

You might be seeking Europe-based tech alternatives to trust your data with.

Moreover, if you are an organization dealing with data from Europeans, it could be wise to start the move for GDPR compliance now, in the eventuality the EU–US Data Privacy Framework it relies on were to change...

Whatever the reason,
you can check some of Privacy Guides' recommendations in this excellent article-list by Jonah: https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/03/19/private-european-alternatives/

#PrivacyGuides #Privacy #USpol #EUpol #EU #GDPR #Encryption #E2EE