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Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>For those who don't know the <a href="https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114862595629371002" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">size of the problem</a>:</p><p>In 2006 I bought a new [entry level] Computer with 256 MB of RAM and a single-core P4 Celeron with 2,8 GHz.</p><ul><li><p>This thing ran <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WindowsXP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WindowsXP</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NeedForSpeedMostWanted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NeedForSpeedMostWanted</span></a> just fine.</p></li><li><p>Nowadays it would crash trying to open <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Slack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Slack</span></a> even on a minimalist <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> distro like <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://linuxrocks.online/@bunsenlabs" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bunsenlabs</span></a></span> in <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@dillo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>dillo</span></a></span>, a lightweight browser ...</p></li></ul><p>And now imagine that some folks have to use <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Slack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Slack</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MicrosoftTeams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MicrosoftTeams</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Telegram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Telegram</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Signal</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WhatApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhatApp</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WeChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeChat</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/QQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QQ</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LineMessenger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LineMessenger</span></a> <em>at the same time on their machine</em>, and you can imagine that this will make entry-level desktops already scream harder than if someone were to loop the <em>Lost Coast benchmark</em> on them...</p><ul><li>The <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/bloat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bloat</span></a> of modern <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WebApps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WebApps</span></a> is just the <em>socially accepted equivalent</em> to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Cryptojacking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cryptojacking</span></a> desktops and driving some <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humvee" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">*phat</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SuperUselessVehicle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SuperUselessVehicle</span></a> just to get less than a kg of groceries at a walking distance supermarket.</li></ul><p>Everywhere else we'd not accept such a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/bloatware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bloatware</span></a> IRL. </p><ul><li>So why should we accept <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/obscene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>obscene</span></a>|ly <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WastefulComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WastefulComputing</span></a>*?</li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>One thing that really pisses me off personally is the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/regression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>regression</span></a> in terms of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Messenger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Messenger</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Apps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Apps</span></a>. </p><p>My personal distaste and dislike for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/proprietary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>proprietary</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SingleVendor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SingleVendor</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SingleProvider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SingleProvider</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/services" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>services</span></a> like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Signal</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114234551915193036" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">¹</a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Telegram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Telegram</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Discord" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Discord</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114865723904157014" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">²</a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WhatsApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhatsApp</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114873895410403238" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">³</a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Slack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Slack</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MicrosoftTeams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MicrosoftTeams</span></a>, etc. aside: </p><ul><li><p><em>WHY</em> is there no <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CrossProvider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CrossProvider</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Messenger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Messenger</span></a> to handle that shite?</p></li><li><p><em>WHY</em> does everyone of these shitty providers think people want to download their <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/bloated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bloated</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WebApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WebApp</span></a> that takes up triple digit Megabytes if not entire Gigabytes and will gobble up all the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RAM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RAM</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CPU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CPU</span></a> each of them can??</p></li></ul><p>This problem ain't new and <em>already got <a href="https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114862619013462466" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">solved for corporate social media</a> ages ago!</em> (Not to mention actually good messengers!) </p><ul><li><p>And no, <a href="https://toots.ch/@dalai/114862754556459439" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">bridges</a> <em><a href="https://swecyb.com/@troed/114862774972645542" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">don't</a> count</em>! </p></li><li><p>I mean <code>API 0</code> - <a href="https://digipres.club/@foone/112685423773959519" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">style</a> access because obviously <a href="https://digipres.club/@foone/112685414638522984" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">none of the platforms</a> will <em>allow, endorse or support such an endeavour</em> and <a href="https://digipres.club/@foone/112685441496803574" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><em>actively fight the developers and users</em></a> !</p></li></ul><p>So yeah, consider this a call for a <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@gajim" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>gajim</span></a></span> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Gajim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gajim</span></a> or <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@pidgin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>pidgin</span></a></span> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Pidgin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pidgin</span></a> <em>for garbage platforms!</em></p><ul><li><p>Cuz back in the day we had <em>way worse messengers</em> yet people actually made <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AIM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIM</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ICQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICQ</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MSN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MSN</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/QQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QQ</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IRC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IRC</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/XMPP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>XMPP</span></a> work just fine from one single <em>"phat" client</em>!</p></li><li><p>Can we please get that back?</p></li></ul><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/api0" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>api0</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Enshittification</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://muenster.im/@ejim" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ejim</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bonn.social/@ulrichkelber" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ulrichkelber</span></a></span> das macht zentralisierte Lösungen egal ob <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@signalapp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>signalapp</span></a></span> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Signal</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WhatsApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhatsApp</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Telegram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Telegram</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WeChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeChat</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/QQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QQ</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Line" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Line</span></a>, etc. nicht weniger falsch!</p><ul><li>Wer <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NSAbook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NSAbook</span></a> nutzt hat diebKontrolle über seine Daten bedingungslos aufgegeben!</li></ul><p><a href="https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114695916503728029" translate="no" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">infosec.space/@kkarhan/1146959</span><span class="invisible">16503728029</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://oxytodon.com/@fuchsiii" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>fuchsiii</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://transfem.social/@puppygirlhornypost2" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>puppygirlhornypost2</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://wetdry.world/@kopper" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>kopper</span></a></span> granted, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechIlliterates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechIlliterates</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Consoomers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Consoomers</span></a> are just a bad standard to begin with and aligning with the bottom barrel is always gonna lower one's standard.</p><p>People need to realize there's not one perfect app.</p><ul><li>They can have multiple very good options that do their part or one shitty bloatware that does nothing even halfway acceptable. </li></ul><p>The former are <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IRC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IRC</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/XMPP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>XMPP</span></a>+<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OMEMO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OMEMO</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WebCall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WebCall</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OnionShare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OnionShare</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linphone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linphone</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Mumble" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mumble</span></a>, …</p><p>The latter one are <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MicrosoftTeams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MicrosoftTeams</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Discord" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Discord</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/QQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QQ</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WeChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeChat</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/iMessage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>iMessage</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Signal</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Matrix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Matrix</span></a>, …</p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ChooseWisely" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChooseWisely</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/@beandev" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>beandev</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/@thomasralfkoeb" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>thomasralfkoeb</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/@Andreas__Nagel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Andreas__Nagel</span></a></span> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MainstreamMedien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MainstreamMedien</span></a> versagen halt komplett.</p><ul><li>Feht nur noch <em>"Teilen auf <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Telegram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Telegram</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WeChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeChat</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/QQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QQ</span></a>, 4chan und <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Reddit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Reddit</span></a></em>"-Buttons!</li></ul>
Eva Prokofiev<p>Automation-driven CTI is a false sense of security. If your intelligence comes from a dashboard, you're not doing intelligence. You're just watching alerts. <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/china" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>china</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/osint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>osint</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/training" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>training</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/intelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>intelligence</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/CTI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CTI</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/darkweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>darkweb</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/weibo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>weibo</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/wechat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wechat</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/douyin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>douyin</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialmedia</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/qq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>qq</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/investigations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>investigations</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/@MastoDenunzianten" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>MastoDenunzianten</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://monocles.social/@monocles" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>monocles</span></a></span> </p><p>Natürlich kannste der <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Desinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Desinformation</span></a> von <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Diensteanbietern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Diensteanbietern</span></a> glauben, aber dann ist <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WhatsApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhatsApp</span></a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpymYLptu8o" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">auch</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/E2EE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>E2EE</span></a> weil die <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SSL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SSL</span></a> nutzen (und mit der Logik auch <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WeChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeChat</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/QQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QQ</span></a> - lol)!</p><ul><li>Ernsthaft, es gibt nen Grund warum <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/XMPP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>XMPP</span></a>+<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OMEMO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OMEMO</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PGP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PGP</span></a>/MIME bis heute sich halten und proprietäre shice alla <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MSN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MSN</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ICQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICQ</span></a> tot ist.</li></ul><p>Gerade weil wirkliche <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpSec</span></a> sowie <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ComSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ComSec</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ITsec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ITsec</span></a> nur mit <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Transparenz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Transparenz</span></a> geht.</p><ul><li>Ich vertrau' prinzipiell <em>keinem</em> Code oder Anbieter...</li></ul>
Junicast<p>Wäre es nicht denkbar einen <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/IQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IQ</span></a> nicht nur für das Individuum sondern auch für eine Gesellschaft zu bestimmen?<br>Ich würde für so einen Versuch u.A. Benutzerquoten der verschiedenen Messenger heranziehen.<br>Laut derer müssten wir gemeinschaftlich betrachtet einigermaßen dumm sein.<br><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/WhatsApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhatsApp</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Facebook</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/QQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QQ</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/WeChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeChat</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Signal</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Telegram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Telegram</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Threema" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Threema</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Matrix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Matrix</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/XMPP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>XMPP</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>Whichever shithead at <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Telegram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Telegram</span></a> thought it's a good idea to trick users into breaching their <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Telco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Telco</span></a>'s <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ToS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ToS</span></a> by reselling <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SMS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SMS</span></a> quotas should be forced to stay in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/jail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jail</span></a> until they can DIY an <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/offgrid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>offgrid</span></a> comms device without <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/bribing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bribing</span></a> or smuggling-in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/contraband" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>contraband</span></a>... </p><ul><li>This is <em>worse</em> than anything <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@signalapp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>signalapp</span></a></span> ever did, because whilst they too demand <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PII</span></a> like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PhoneNumbers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PhoneNumbers</span></a> for which they have <em>no legitimate interest in</em>, at least they didn't offload <em>insecure at any scenario</em> SMS-based <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/2FA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>2FA</span></a> onto users' devices...</li></ul><p>Seriously, all <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/centralized" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>centralized</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SingleVendor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SingleVendor</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SingleProvider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SingleProvider</span></a> messengers are garbage. but <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://lemmy.ml/c/telegram" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>telegram</span></a></span> are just the worst that isn't a flatout front for cops like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WhatsApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhatsApp</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WeChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeChat</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/QQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QQ</span></a>... </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5k2irFpXrcI&amp;t=15s" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=5k2irFpXrc</span><span class="invisible">I&amp;t=15s</span></a></p>
Marcel Waldvogel<p>EDIT: See next post ⬇️</p><p>Apparently a major <a href="https://waldvogel.family/tags/DataBreach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataBreach</span></a> with 26 billion accounts has surfaced.</p><p>On the list were social network accounts from chinese <a href="https://waldvogel.family/tags/QQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QQ</span></a> (1.5E9!), <a href="https://waldvogel.family/tags/Weibo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Weibo</span></a>, <a href="https://waldvogel.family/tags/LinkedIn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LinkedIn</span></a>, …</p><p>But also a few hundred million accounts each from social networks you may not want to be assocuated with publicly, such as <a href="https://waldvogel.family/tags/AdultFriendFinder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AdultFriendFinder</span></a> (for sexual encounters), or the platform formerly known as <a href="https://waldvogel.family/tags/Twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Twitter</span></a>.</p><p>You will not be able to get off that list, but at least enable <a href="https://waldvogel.family/tags/2FA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>2FA</span></a>.<br><a href="https://www.businesstoday.in/tech-today/news/story/twitter-linkedin-and-other-platforms-face-massive-data-breach-26-billion-records-exposed-414617-2024-01-23" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">businesstoday.in/tech-today/ne</span><span class="invisible">ws/story/twitter-linkedin-and-other-platforms-face-massive-data-breach-26-billion-records-exposed-414617-2024-01-23</span></a></p>
SDF.ORG<p>sup is coming to SDF!</p><p><a href="https://sup.sdf.org" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">sup.sdf.org</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/sms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sms</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/chat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chat</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/messaging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>messaging</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/wechat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wechat</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/whatsapp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>whatsapp</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/qq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>qq</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@TheDoctor512" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>TheDoctor512</span></a></span> Angesichts von <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CloudAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CloudAct</span></a>, der einstellung von <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Microsoft365Deutschland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft365Deutschland</span></a> als <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ManagedHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ManagedHosting</span></a> bei der <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DTAG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DTAG</span></a> und der weitergehenden mitarbeit von <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> am <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PRISM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PRISM</span></a>-Programm ist eine <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Compliance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Compliance</span></a> mit <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DSGVO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DSGVO</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BDSG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BDSG</span></a> denen unmöglich da effektiv in den <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> illegal... </p><p>Das ist genauso naiv wie zu erwarten, dass <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WeChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeChat</span></a> oder <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/QQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QQ</span></a> nicht Auskunftsersuchen von Behorden aus der "V.R." China folge leisten...</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://chaos.social/@artikel10ev" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>artikel10ev</span></a></span> basically worse than everthing else...</p><p>[Or maybe not. cuz <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/QQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QQ</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WeChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeChat</span></a> don't bother to lie into users' faces like <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@protonmail" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>protonmail</span></a></span> and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WhatsApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhatsApp</span></a> do]</p><p>Remember <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/KerckhoffsPrinciple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KerckhoffsPrinciple</span></a>: <br> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NotYourPrivateKeys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NotYourPrivateKeys</span></a> = <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NotSecureEncryption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NotSecureEncryption</span></a>!</p><p>Also all <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Singlevendor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Singlevendor</span></a> and/or <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SingleProvider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SingleProvider</span></a> and/or non-<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FLOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FLOSS</span></a> solutions are inherently &amp; unfixably bad as well as insecure per design!</p>
Pascal Leinert 🌹🌻🗽<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://ard.social/@tagesschau" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>tagesschau</span></a></span> Dann machen wir halt Razzien bei chinesischen Firmen oder verbieten sie gleich.</p><p><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/ByteDance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ByteDance</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Tiktok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tiktok</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/WeChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeChat</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Tencent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tencent</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/QQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QQ</span></a></p>
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@drewharwell" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>drewharwell</span></a></span> </p><p>That judge was clearly not digging deep enough. It is not even that difficult now to find evidence.<br>For instance, investigative journalists of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/German" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>German</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SZ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SZ</span></a> even made a multipart pod on their findings called <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/thegreatfirewall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>thegreatfirewall</span></a> </p><p>How I found out originally? - Buy a cheap new phone, install <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/QQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QQ</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WeChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeChat</span></a> and look at the permissions it asks for.<br>Afterward: hard reset.</p><p>Also, the case to abolish all privately owned big social-media platforms is very strong:<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/110063156122320582" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@HistoPol/1100</span><span class="invisible">63156122320582</span></a></p>
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://social.tryptophonic.com/@mxv" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mxv</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tencent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tencent</span></a> 腾讯 is the creator of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WeChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeChat</span></a>, the omnipresent mobile surveillance tool of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CCP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CCP</span></a>.</p><p>I once briefly had their instant messaging product <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/QQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QQ</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WeChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeChat</span></a> installed.</p><p>They are like a digital <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kraken" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kraken</span></a>. I had to reset the whole smartphone.</p><p>I would delete my account immediately. No good can come out of it.</p><p>Further excellent <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pod" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pod</span></a> (in German) on the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Chinese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chinese</span></a> surveillance state, including <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TikTok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TikTok</span></a>:</p><p>The Great Firewall..</p><p><a href="https://i.sonnet.fm/aDqGiGBD5iyXxiCm7" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">i.sonnet.fm/aDqGiGBD5iyXxiCm7</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
abeorch<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@tdp_org" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>tdp_org</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@TheRealNooshu" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>TheRealNooshu</span></a></span> yes <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Tencent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tencent</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/QQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QQ</span></a> is one of the largest messaging systems in the world <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tencent_QQ" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tencent_</span><span class="invisible">QQ</span></a></p>
Rob Carlson :ally: :BLM:<p>Governor Larry Hogan today announced that the State of <a href="https://epistolary.org/tags/Maryland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Maryland</span></a> has issued an <a href="https://epistolary.org/tags/emergency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emergency</span></a> <a href="https://epistolary.org/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cybersecurity</span></a> directive to prohibit the use of <a href="https://epistolary.org/tags/TikTok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TikTok</span></a>; <a href="https://epistolary.org/tags/Huawei" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Huawei</span></a> Technologies; <a href="https://epistolary.org/tags/ZTE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ZTE</span></a> Corp; <a href="https://epistolary.org/tags/Tencent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tencent</span></a> Holdings, including but not limited to: Tencent <a href="https://epistolary.org/tags/QQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QQ</span></a>, QQ Wallet, and <a href="https://epistolary.org/tags/WeChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeChat</span></a>; <a href="https://epistolary.org/tags/Alibaba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Alibaba</span></a> products, including but not limited to: <a href="https://epistolary.org/tags/AliPay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AliPay</span></a>; and <a href="https://epistolary.org/tags/Kaspersky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kaspersky</span></a> on state-owned or managed technology assets or networks.</p><p><a href="https://governor.maryland.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Emergency-Directive-2022-12-001-Remove-Prohibited-Products-and-Platforms.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">governor.maryland.gov/wp-conte</span><span class="invisible">nt/uploads/2022/12/Emergency-Directive-2022-12-001-Remove-Prohibited-Products-and-Platforms.pdf</span></a></p>