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Nick 🇨🇦 Sorry I'm Nasty<a href="https://mastodon.social/@bonitazarrillo_mp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bonitazarrillo_mp</a> Thank you for embracing the <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fediverse</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mastodon</a>I am on the other side of the country in <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/HamOnt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HamOnt</a>. Can you convince <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/MatthewGreen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MatthewGreen</a> to jump on board. Baby steps, but getting Government officials off <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/X" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#X</a> and other corporate controlled social media will be good for all <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Canada</a>. Especially with the next 4 years. <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ElbowsUp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElbowsUp</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cdnpoli</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/canpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#canpoli</a> 🇨🇦 🍁 🇨🇦 🍁 🇨🇦 🍁 CC: <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/@chris" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@chris</a> for letting us know you are here.

Strypey"The challenge in storing encrypted backup data is that strong encryption requires strong (or “high entropy”) cryptographic keys and passwords. Since most of us are terrible at selecting, let alone remembering strong passwords, this poses a challenging problem."<a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/MatthewGreen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MatthewGreen</a>, 2020<a href="https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2020/07/10/a-few-thoughts-about-signals-secure-value-recovery/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2020/07/10/a-few-thoughts-about-signals-secure-value-recovery/</a>This isn't as hard as people seem to think;<a href="https://xkcd.com/936/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://xkcd.com/936/</a>What's missing is education, including replacing "password" with "passphrase".<a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/passwords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#passwords</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/passphrases" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#passphrases</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/XKCD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#XKCD</a>

Strypey"Signal has historically chosen the more cautious and safer approach — as compared to more commercial alternatives like WhatsApp"<a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/MatthewGreen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MatthewGreen</a>, 2020<a href="https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2020/07/10/a-few-thoughts-about-signals-secure-value-recovery/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2020/07/10/a-few-thoughts-about-signals-secure-value-recovery/</a>Except when it's integrating third-party search engines so people can search for reaction GIFs in-app;<a href="https://signal.org/blog/giphy-experiment/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://signal.org/blog/giphy-experiment/</a>... adding a new and totally avoidable attack surface.<a href="https://infosec.exchange/@SpaceLifeForm" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@SpaceLifeForm</a> <a href="https://hackers.town/@thegibson" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@TheGibson</a>

Strypey"Indeed, it no longer feels amusing to see the Telegram organization urge people away from default-encrypted messengers, while refusing to implement essential features that would widely encrypt their own users’ messages. In fact, it’s starting to feel a bit malicious."<a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/MatthewGreen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MatthewGreen</a>, 2024<a href="https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2024/08/25/telegram-is-not-really-an-encrypted-messaging-app/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2024/08/25/telegram-is-not-really-an-encrypted-messaging-app/</a><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/TeleGram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TeleGram</a>

Cory DoctorowHey look at this* Eminent cryptographer <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/MatthewGreen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MatthewGreen</a> on Red Team Blues <a href="https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2023/04/24/book-review-red-team-blues/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2023/04/24/book-review-red-team-blues/</a>* An Economic Model Of <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/IntermediaryLiability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IntermediaryLiability</a> <a href="https://james.grimmelmann.net/files/articles/economic-model-of-intermediary-liability.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://james.grimmelmann.net/files/articles/economic-model-of-intermediary-liability.pdf</a>* Center for the Study of Political Graphics <a href="https://www.politicalgraphics.org" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.politicalgraphics.org</a>4/

Strypey"In the Safe Browsing change we have another example of Apple making significant modifications to its privacy infrastructure, largely without publicity or announcement. We have learn about this stuff from the fine print. This approach to privacy issues does users around the world a disserviceIt increasingly feels like Apple is two different companies: one that puts the freedom of its users first, and another that treats its users very differently."<a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/MatthewGreen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MatthewGreen</a>, 2019<a href="https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2019/10/13/dear-apple-safe-browsing-might-not-be-that-safe/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2019/10/13/dear-apple-safe-browsing-might-not-be-that-safe/</a>

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