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“The real problem with sharing Top Secret data over Signal is not the security of the app, it’s the security of the phone. And mobile phones are not secure against state level threat actor” | @thegrugq is correct, BUT…
…but he does miss: “…and the other half of the problem is that you won’t have good OPSEC with good *tools* but lacking competent *users*” End-to-end secure stupidity is a thing.
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US Government uses Signal to coordinate Comms re: attack on Houthis, accidentally includes journalist in group chat…
Quote: I received a connection request on Signal from a user identified as Michael Waltz … I assumed [it] was President Donald Trump’s national security adviser. I did not assume, however, that the request was from the actual Michael Waltz. Spoiler: Oops. It’s nice to know that the US Government executive is at risk of
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A nuanced “Global South” take by @nwbrownboi re: LibGen, Copyright & AI + contrast from @greg_jenner & @prof_alice_roberts (all Threads) HT @dsearls
Quoted with links & refs to an Atlantic article; punch quote: Where was this outrage when students & researchers in the Global South needed these books to study, work, and build a future? AI isn’t the first thing to challenge your control over knowledge. It’s just the first time you’ve noticed. Quoth Shrey: OK I
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Yahoo sells TechCrunch to investment firm Regent | …maybe this is good maybe not?
Certainly it’s better than letting TC go under: Regent … investments include … a media portfolio comprised of newspapers and magazines including Sunset, Defense News, Military Times and broadcaster CheddarTV. https://www.regentlp.com/news/regent-acquires-techcrunch-from-yahoo According to WP they have… …at least two or three media brands under which TechCrunch could land, one of which is for government types,
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“Analysis of the Telegram Key Exchange” | …it’s from Martin & Kenny so this is bound to be correct, fun, and probably demands alcohol…
Quote: We describe, formally model, & prove the security of Telegram’s key exchange protocols for client-server communications. To achieve this, we develop a suitable multi-stage key exchange security model along with pseudocode descriptions of the Telegram protocols that are based on analysis of Telegram’s specifications and client source code… https://eprint.iacr.org/2025/451.pdf
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France: National Assembly votes to maintain confidentiality of encrypted messaging during a restless night
Yay: Despite a voting system failure, MPs on Thursday rejected the measure championed by Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau, which would have allowed intelligence services to access drug traffickers’ Signal and WhatsApp communications. https://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2025/03/21/l-assemblee-vote-pour-le-maintien-de-la-confidentialite-des-messageries-cryptees-lors-d-une-nuit-agitee_6584121_3224.html
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Reminder: Heathrow is/was “down” due to a power failure, and all those folk who point at the Aviation industry as a paragon of risk-aversion… well, a friend just observed:
[Heathrow, the] biggest airport in the country & a major global hub… taken out via a single substation. Who designed a single point of failure into the infrastructure? People absolutely lose their shit if you do that in cloud tech. I am currently listening to an audiobook of The Digital Republic by Jamie Susskind, and
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“Zero arrests! Proves it’s working, doesn’t it?” | Big Brother Watch
Public facial recognition is one of those things where they are going to demand we nerd harder until some value proposition is established. Quote: 162680 faces scanned. 0 arrests. THIS is the reality of South Wales Police’s ‘live facial recognition zone’ spanning a whole city-centre.
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