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Hacker News<p>Cwtch – Privacy Preserving Messaging</p><p><a href="https://docs.cwtch.im/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">docs.cwtch.im/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HackerNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Cwtch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cwtch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Messaging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Messaging</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PrivacyFirst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrivacyFirst</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SecureComms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SecureComms</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DecentralizedMessaging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DecentralizedMessaging</span></a></p>
rye<p>From CISA: "The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has identified cyber espionage activity by People’s<br>Republic of China (PRC) government-affiliated threat actors targeting commercial telecommunications<br>infrastructure. This activity enabled the theft of customer call records and the compromise of private<br>communications for a limited number of highly targeted individuals."</p><p><a href="https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/2024-12/guidance-mobile-communications-best-practices.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cisa.gov/sites/default/files/2</span><span class="invisible">024-12/guidance-mobile-communications-best-practices.pdf</span></a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>signal</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/securecomms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>securecomms</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/opsec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opsec</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.space/@AdminKirsty" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>AdminKirsty</span></a></span> TBH, there are <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SecureComms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SecureComms</span></a> like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PGP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PGP</span></a>/MIME that just work.</p><p>I.e. <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@delta" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>delta</span></a></span> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/deltaChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deltaChat</span></a> could be setup in basically any business/org using existing <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/eMail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>eMail</span></a> infrastructure and thus allow for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Archival" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Archival</span></a> whereever needed!</p>
Colan Schwartz<p>Has anyone here ever actually been to a key-signing party (not to be confused with a key party)? I haven't, and I actually get this stuff. So he has a point. </p><p><a href="https://www.pcmag.com/news/signal-developer-explains-why-early-encrypted-messaging-tools-flopped" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">pcmag.com/news/signal-develope</span><span class="invisible">r-explains-why-early-encrypted-messaging-tools-flopped</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pgp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pgp</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/e2ee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>e2ee</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/securecomms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>securecomms</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>signal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>infosec</span></a></p>
Alex Ivanovs<p>Signal under fire for storing encryption keys in plaintext</p><p><a href="https://stackdiary.com/signal-under-fire-for-storing-encryption-keys-in-plaintext/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">stackdiary.com/signal-under-fi</span><span class="invisible">re-for-storing-encryption-keys-in-plaintext/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Signal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Encryption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Encryption</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cybersecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Messaging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Messaging</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DataProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataProtection</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SecureComms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SecureComms</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DesktopApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DesktopApp</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Vulnerability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vulnerability</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DigitalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EndToEnd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EndToEnd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PlainText" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PlainText</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KeyManagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KeyManagement</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PrivacyBreach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrivacyBreach</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SecurityAlert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SecurityAlert</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Cryptography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cryptography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DataSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataSafety</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MobileApps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MobileApps</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UserPrivacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UserPrivacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SecurityFlaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SecurityFlaw</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EncryptionKeys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EncryptionKeys</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MessageSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MessageSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PrivacyRisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrivacyRisk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SecureMessaging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SecureMessaging</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CyberRisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CyberRisk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DataExposure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataExposure</span></a></p>
vp<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7ekjtcTs4k" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=p7ekjtcTs4k</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br />🔒 Dived deep into secure messaging &amp; confidential comms. Impressed by <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/DWN" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DWN</span></a>&#39;s work in this space. Today&#39;s comms are tied to sensitive IDs like phones &amp; emails. Imagine having unique IDs for each relationship or transaction? Enter DIDs. Yet, balancing privacy &amp; convenience remains a challenge. <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/SecureComms" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SecureComms</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/DigitalIdentity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DigitalIdentity</span></a></p>
Zeljka Zorz<p>Crypto audit of Threema revealed many vulnerabilities - and they've been fixed.</p><p>Threema has since switched to a new communication protocol.</p><p><a href="https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2023/01/11/threema-vulnerabilities/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">helpnetsecurity.com/2023/01/11</span><span class="invisible">/threema-vulnerabilities/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Threema" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Threema</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Cryptography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cryptography</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/SecureComms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SecureComms</span></a></p>