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@mjd
#PHK has long been arguing in favour of #backdoors in encryption for nation-state to enact justice. according to #PHK, "tech bros" are enabling crime by advicating privacy.

because it can sometimes look a bit icky and authoritarian to argue in favour of state-surveillance, #PHK keeps using this #SunTzu proverb to make this upside-down argument that if we advocate privacy then we'll just get even more surveillance.

he is this pretending to be a better privacy advocate while arguing for backdoored encryption:
»We could have designed our protocols to be minimally compatible with “a nation of laws,”«

his belief that the law is right is statist and also naive, because states have unjust laws and often imprison people for having arbotion or being queer or opposing genocide.

@mjd
#PHK has long been arguing in favour of #backdoors in encryption for nation-state to enact justice. according to #PHK, "tech bros" are enabling crime by advicating privacy.

because it can sometimes look a bit icky and authoritarian to argue in favour of state-surveillance, #PHK keeps using this #SunTzu proverb to make this upside-down argument that if we advocate privacy then we'll just get even more surveillance.

he is this pretending to be a better privacy advocate while arguing for backdoored encryption:
»We could have designed our protocols to be minimally compatible with “a nation of laws,”«

his belief that the law is right is statist and also naive, because states have unjust laws and often imprison people for having arbotion or being queer or opposing genocide.

Why i prefer #inverter #solarinverter to not have #wifi and #internet connection, of course the #software #cyber #security is weak #ofcourse there are #backdoors not only in #wifi #routers from #china https://www.golem.de/news/hoymiles-wechselrichter-unzaehlige-pv-anlagen-per-funk-manipulierbar-2607-210632.html
worst case is a exploding #battery #hoymiles does not use batteries but #huawai does #solar

Security and Privacy by Design

Get a truly #trustworthy #messenger without hidden #agendas or #backdoors: #chats, #contact lists, and groups are managed in a #decentralized manner directly on the involved devices – no #data is stored on a server.

This way, your communication remains #private and fully under your control at all times.

https://threema.com/en/products/private

#privacy #Swiss #Threema #security

Security and Privacy by Design

Get a truly #trustworthy #messenger without hidden #agendas or #backdoors: #chats, #contact lists, and groups are managed in a #decentralized manner directly on the involved devices – no #data is stored on a server.

This way, your communication remains #private and fully under your control at all times.

https://threema.com/en/products/private

#privacy #Swiss #Threema #security

Studie: #EU vernachlässigt #Router bei #digitalerSouveränität
https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000328594/studie-eu-vernachlaessigt-router-bei-digitaler-souveraenitaet?ref=rss

Fakt ist, dass gerade bei Produkten aus den #USA nicht nur seit Snowden massiv viele Probleme durch #Backdoors, #Sicherheitslücken, #Datendiebstahl, ... bekannt geworden sind.

Bei asiatischen Produkten habe ich das kaum bis nie wahrgenommen.

Weshalb setzt die EU dann ausgerechnet auf US-Hersteller? 🤷

Im Gegenteil: Wir müssten die US-Geräte loswerden und durch Lösungen aus Asien ersetzen, solange wir weiterhin nix selbst zustandebringen!

Riecht nach erfolgreichen US-Lobby-Maßnahmen bei EU-Politikern. 😞

#Sicherheit #security #Lobbyismus #digitalesouveranitat 🇪🇺

Studie: #EU vernachlässigt #Router bei #digitalerSouveränität
https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000328594/studie-eu-vernachlaessigt-router-bei-digitaler-souveraenitaet?ref=rss

Fakt ist, dass gerade bei Produkten aus den #USA nicht nur seit Snowden massiv viele Probleme durch #Backdoors, #Sicherheitslücken, #Datendiebstahl, ... bekannt geworden sind.

Bei asiatischen Produkten habe ich das kaum bis nie wahrgenommen.

Weshalb setzt die EU dann ausgerechnet auf US-Hersteller? 🤷

Im Gegenteil: Wir müssten die US-Geräte loswerden und durch Lösungen aus Asien ersetzen, solange wir weiterhin nix selbst zustandebringen!

Riecht nach erfolgreichen US-Lobby-Maßnahmen bei EU-Politikern. 😞

#Sicherheit #security #Lobbyismus #digitalesouveranitat 🇪🇺

RE: https://mastodon.social/@plumtrie/116793876956183522

In this important paper, the amazing work done by Dimitri (and coauthors) shows that it is possible to integrate #fuzzing into traditional CI setups, to successfully detect backdoors sneakily inserted into public code commits. #opensource #supplychain #security

Open access preprint upcoming.

In the meantime, you can read our previous work on « ROSA: Finding #Backdoors with Fuzzing » https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.08544 , which this new result builds upon.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@plumtrie/116793876956183522

In this important paper, the amazing work done by Dimitri (and coauthors) shows that it is possible to integrate #fuzzing into traditional CI setups, to successfully detect backdoors sneakily inserted into public code commits. #opensource #supplychain #security

Open access preprint upcoming.

In the meantime, you can read our previous work on « ROSA: Finding #Backdoors with Fuzzing » https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.08544 , which this new result builds upon.

Some day Civil Society must grapple with whether platforms can differentiate markets on the basis of delivering Privacy & Security features https://alecmuffett.com/article/160535 #BackDoors #ChatControl #SiriAi #apple #dma #surveillance

Some day Civil Society must gr...

Some day Civil Society must grapple with whether platforms can differentiate markets on the basis of delivering Privacy & Security features

I blame DRM: the artificial market segmentation of DVDs being “region locked” led to much “free market” backlash from civil society; but now we have:

• Signal ignoring interoperability & threatening to exit the EU because of ChatControl
• Apple withdrawing ADP from the UK because of “TCN” backdoor demands
• Apple withdrawing Siri AI from the EU because of “interoperability” demands that backdoor *everything*

…yet somehow the latter is “bad” and the former two are “good”? Can we please have some consistency?

TechSpot: Signal, DuckDuckGo, and NordVPN threaten to exit Canada if metadata surveillance law passes. “The latest version of Canada’s Bill C-22 would require digital services such as internet service providers, messaging platforms, email providers, and potentially hardware companies to retain up to one year of user metadata. In addition, tech companies would have to implement mechanisms that […]

TechSpot: Signal, DuckDuckGo, and NordVPN threaten to exit Canada if metadata surveillance law passes. “The latest version of Canada’s Bill C-22 would require digital services such as internet service providers, messaging platforms, email providers, and potentially hardware companies to retain up to one year of user metadata. In addition, tech companies would have to implement mechanisms that […]

Yesterday I got a VW CRAFTER Van rear door awning waterproof cover from eBay. £9.99.

Today I woke up with the amazing news...
They are now at a reduced price, £23.99 🤣🤣

#VW #van #backdoors #awnings #ebay
Glad I got it yesterday!

https://ebay.us/m/3E2hU0

ACM AsiaCCS 2026: BIFOLD research reveals a blind spot in #software security. 📃Shape-Shifting Malicious Code in Software Backdoors via Language Models. M E Fard, F Weissberg, E Imgrund, T Eisenhofer, K Rieck. Link: t1p.de/8ym87 Code: t1p.de/j3rwe #Backdoors #Attacks #MLsky #AI @[email protected]

ACM AsiaCCS 2026: BIFOLD research reveals a blind spot in #software security. 📃Shape-Shifting Malicious Code in Software Backdoors via Language Models. M E Fard, F Weissberg, E Imgrund, T Eisenhofer, K Rieck. Link: t1p.de/8ym87 Code: t1p.de/j3rwe #Backdoors #Attacks #MLsky #AI @[email protected]

Wenn Du selber mit den ganzen Hintertüren den USA & Trump, bei #Signal nicht mehr mitkommst, dann wird es Zeit für das wirklich sichere #Threema aus der Schweiz.... #UnPlugBigTech #UnplugTrump #Diday #Didit #Messenger #Sicherheit #Datenschutz #Privatsphäre #Backdoors #NSA #FBI #CIA #CloudAct

Deels onzinnige Kamervragen (van o.a. Tijs van den Brink) leiden politici en ambtenaren af van veel belangrijker zaken, zoals vraag 4 (PDF te vinden in https://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/ah-1247981):
❝
Welke mogelijkheden hebben politie en justitie momenteel om dealers die via WhatsApp, Snapchat of andere berichtendiensten drugs aanbieden en bezorgen?"
❞
Minister van Weel gaat niet in op het 2e deel, dus dat doe ik:

SUKKELS: DEALERS BEZORGEN GEEN DRUGS VIA WHATSAPP,
SNAPCHAT OF ANDERE BERICHTENDIENSTEN.

Van Weel eindigt zijn antwoord met:
❝
[…] Communicatie over strafbare feiten […]

In Europees verband wordt momenteel door een interdisciplinaire groep van experts gekeken naar technische mogelijkheden om, op een cyberveilige en privacy-vriendelijke manier, gericht toegang te verkrijgen tot end-to-end versleutelde communicatie van een verdachte in een strafrechtelijk onderzoek. […] Het is op dit moment nog moeilijk te zeggen wat de uitkomsten daarvan zullen zijn […].
❞

Nee, dat is helemaal niet "moeilijk te zeggen":

DAT KAN NIET.
NOOIT.
HOE LANG JE OOK BLIJFT DRAMMEN.

Nb. ter discussie staat "COMMUNICATIE over strafbare feiten" versus privacy.

#EncryptionBackDoors #OndersteunendBewijs #Privacy #AchterDeurtjes #SurveillanceStaat #SleepNet #BackDoors #VanWeel #DavidVanWeel #DavidVanWeelToICC

Amazon Gets Exemption From Trump FCC Router (Extortion) Ban, Doesn’t Say How

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/04/28/amazon-gets-exemption-from-trump-fcc-router-extortion-ban-doesnt-say-how/

FIRESTARTER-Backdoor: CISA und NCSC warnen vor APT-Malware auf Cisco-Firewalls

Die Schadsoftware richtet sich gezielt gegen öffentlich erreichbare Cisco-Firewall-Geräte und ermöglicht Angreifern langfristigen Fernzugriff – auch nach dem Einspielen von Sicherheits-Patches.

https://www.all-about-security.de/firestarter-backdoor-cisa-und-ncsc-warnen-vor-apt-malware-auf-cisco-firewalls/

#CISA #backdoors #malware #apt #cisco #firewall #cybersecurity

Iran is claiming that the US used backdoors into networking kit to disturb their communications. The Chinese press are just loving it, after all they are the ones (the US says) who are putting all of those backdoors in.

https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/21/iran_claims_us_used_backdoors

#IT #Networking #Backdoors #Security #USA #China

Iran is claiming that the US used backdoors into networking kit to disturb their communications. The Chinese press are just loving it, after all they are the ones (the US says) who are putting all of those backdoors in.

https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/21/iran_claims_us_used_backdoors

#IT #Networking #Backdoors #Security #USA #China

Irán acusa a EE. UU. de usar backdoors en equipos Cisco y Juniper durante ataques

📰 Título original: Iran claims US used backdoors in networking equipment

🤖 IA: Es clickbait ⚠️
👥 Usuarios: Es clickbait ⚠️

Ver resumen IA completo: https://killbait.com/es/iran-acusa-a-ee-uu-de-usar-backdoors-en-equipos-cisco-y-juniper-durante-ataques/?redirpost=32b7ae38-1166-45db-98cb-4edeb8b59a0c

#geopolítica #ciberseguridad #backdoors #irán

Irán acusa a EE. UU. de usar backdoors en equipos Cisco y Juniper durante ataques

📰 Título original: Iran claims US used backdoors in networking equipment

🤖 IA: Es clickbait ⚠️
👥 Usuarios: Es clickbait ⚠️

Ver resumen IA completo: https://killbait.com/es/iran-acusa-a-ee-uu-de-usar-backdoors-en-equipos-cisco-y-juniper-durante-ataques/?redirpost=32b7ae38-1166-45db-98cb-4edeb8b59a0c

#geopolítica #ciberseguridad #backdoors #irán

Irán acusa a EE. UU. de usar backdoors en equipos Cisco y Juniper durante ataques

📰 Título original: Iran claims US used backdoors in networking equipment

🤖 IA: Es clickbait ⚠️
👥 Usuarios: Es clickbait ⚠️

Ver resumen IA completo: https://killbait.com/es/iran-acusa-a-ee-uu-de-usar-backdoors-en-equipos-cisco-y-juniper-durante-ataques/?redirpost=32b7ae38-1166-45db-98cb-4edeb8b59a0c

#geopolítica #ciberseguridad #backdoors #irán

Iran Accuses US of Using Backdoors to Disrupt Networking Gear

Iranian media is accusing the US of sneaking backdoors into networking gear to disrupt operations amid the ongoing war, with Chinese state media echoing the claims globally. But what's really at stake when these explosive cyber-accusations make international headlines?

https://osintsights.com/iran-accuses-us-of-using-backdoors-to-disrupt-networking-gear?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

#NationState #CyberWarfare #Backdoors #Botnets #Iran

Iran Accuses US of Using Backdoors to Disrupt Networking Gear

Iranian media is accusing the US of sneaking backdoors into networking gear to disrupt operations amid the ongoing war, with Chinese state media echoing the claims globally. But what's really at stake when these explosive cyber-accusations make international headlines?

https://osintsights.com/iran-accuses-us-of-using-backdoors-to-disrupt-networking-gear?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

#NationState #CyberWarfare #Backdoors #Botnets #Iran

Malicious Chrome Extensions Infiltrate Web Store, Compromise User Data

Malicious Chrome extensions, masquerading as harmless tools, have infiltrated the official Web Store, putting millions of users' data at risk by stealing sensitive tokens, planting backdoors, and running ad fraud. Over 100 of these rogue add-ons have been identified, highlighting a growing threat in a marketplace we…

https://osintsights.com/malicious-chrome-extensions-infiltrate-web-store-compromise-user-data?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

#MaliciousChromeExtensions #GoogleOauth2 #BrowserExtensions #AdFraud #Backdoors

And then? And then Mullvad was censored in the UK. Watch the banned ads here.

https://friendica.ambag.es/display/e0590d38-8569-c074-b8f0-9ec954162784

And then? And then Mullvad was censored in the UK. Watch the banned ads here.

https://friendica.ambag.es/display/e0590d38-8569-c074-b8f0-9ec954162784

Contagious Interview: Malware delivered through fake developer job interviews - https://www.redpacketsecurity.com/contagious-interview-malware-delivered-through-fake-developer-job-interviews/

#threatintel
#Contagious-Interview
#Malware
#Recruitment-Scams
#Backdoors
#Visual-Studio-Code

Contagious Interview: Malware delivered through fake developer job interviews - https://www.redpacketsecurity.com/contagious-interview-malware-delivered-through-fake-developer-job-interviews/

#threatintel
#Contagious-Interview
#Malware
#Recruitment-Scams
#Backdoors
#Visual-Studio-Code

Contagious Interview: Malware delivered through fake developer job interviews - https://www.redpacketsecurity.com/contagious-interview-malware-delivered-through-fake-developer-job-interviews/

#threatintel
#Contagious-Interview
#Malware
#Recruitment-Scams
#Backdoors
#Visual-Studio-Code

Contagious Interview: Malware delivered through fake developer job interviews - https://www.redpacketsecurity.com/contagious-interview-malware-delivered-through-fake-developer-job-interviews/

#threatintel
#Contagious-Interview
#Malware
#Recruitment-Scams
#Backdoors
#Visual-Studio-Code

Contagious Interview: Malware delivered through fake developer job interviews - https://www.redpacketsecurity.com/contagious-interview-malware-delivered-through-fake-developer-job-interviews/

#threatintel
#Contagious-Interview
#Malware
#Recruitment-Scams
#Backdoors
#Visual-Studio-Code

Als "the good guys" worden gehacked en informatie van nietsvermoedende niet-Amerikanen NIET ALLEEN in handen van de FBI valt: https://edition.cnn.com/2026/03/05/politics/fbi-investigating-cyber-breach-critical-surveillance-network (mijn eerste bron: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fbi-investigates-breach-of-surveillance-and-wiretap-systems/).

Nb. dit soort taps vinden plaats in het kader van de FISA (The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act) wetgeving waarin niet-Amerikanen nauwelijks rechten hebben. De FBI tapt zoveel mogelijk telecommunicatie van of naar de VS, maar hoogst waarschijnlijk ook verbindingen die geheel buiten de VS blijven.

Dat is dezelfde wetgeving die straks (of nu al) voor DigiD en informatiesystemen van de Belastingdienst en Defensie geldt.

Een surveillance maatschappij helpt ook the bad guys (dankzij gehackte camera's op straat wist de Mossad waar Khamenei zich bevond.

Dit is precies waarom we geen ChatControl of achterdeurtjes in encryptie moeten willen!

#FISA #Datalek #Surveillance #ChatControl #AchterDeurtjes #BackDoors #Encryptie #Encryption #EncryptionBackdoors #FBI #CIA #NSA #FisaSection702

RE: https://en.osm.town/@seav/112217310004579603

#Veritasium recently published a very comprehensive and educational video about the XZ Utils backdoor incident two years ago: https://youtu.be/aoag03mSuXQ

More info about the backdoor: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XZ_Utils_backdoor

The toot that exposed the backdoor to the world: https://mastodon.social/@AndresFreundTec/112180083704606941

#XZUtils #Linux #OpenSource #backdoors #exploits #infosec

RE: https://en.osm.town/@seav/112217310004579603

#Veritasium recently published a very comprehensive and educational video about the XZ Utils backdoor incident two years ago: https://youtu.be/aoag03mSuXQ

More info about the backdoor: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XZ_Utils_backdoor

The toot that exposed the backdoor to the world: https://mastodon.social/@AndresFreundTec/112180083704606941

#XZUtils #Linux #OpenSource #backdoors #exploits #infosec

On the Security of Password Managers

Good article on password managers that secretly have a backdoor.
New research shows that these cla... https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/02/on-the-security-of-password-managers.html

#Uncategorized #PasswordSafe #backdoors #passwords

We hid backdoors in ~40MB binaries and asked AI + Ghidra to find them

https://quesma.com/blog/introducing-binaryaudit/

#HackerNews #AI #Binary #Audit #Ghidra #Backdoors #Security

Microsoft just built a scanner that exposes hidden LLM backdoors
Inbox https://www.techradar.com/pro/as-adoption-grows-confidence-in-safeguards-must-rise-with-it-microsoft-reveals-new-tool-which-can-track-backdoors-in-llms-and-its-hoping-this-will-restore-trust-in-ai-across-the-world #AI #LLM #scanners #backdoors #modelpoisoning #cybersecurity

Detecting backdoored language models at scale - https://www.redpacketsecurity.com/detecting-backdoored-language-models-at-scale/

#threatintel
#backdoors
#language-models
#detection
#AI-security
#open-weights

WOW! Full #security devroom at #FOSDEM, for the presentation of "ROSA: finding #backdoors with #fuzzing" by my fellow co-authors @plumtrie and M. Marcozzi.

More about this work in the full paper at https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.08544 (#openaccess, of course)

The UK May Be Dropping Its Backdoor Mandate – Source: www.schneier.com https://ciso2ciso.com/the-uk-may-be-dropping-its-backdoor-mandate-source-www-schneier-com/ #rssfeedpostgeneratorecho #SchneierOnSecurity #SchneieronSecurity #CyberSecurityNews #Uncategorized #cryptowars #backdoors #iPhone #Apple #UK

The UK May Be Dropping Its Backdoor Mandate – Source: www.schneier.com https://ciso2ciso.com/the-uk-may-be-dropping-its-backdoor-mandate-source-www-schneier-com/ #rssfeedpostgeneratorecho #SchneierOnSecurity #SchneieronSecurity #CyberSecurityNews #Uncategorized #cryptowars #backdoors #iPhone #Apple #UK

Encryption Backdoor in Military/Police Radios – Source: www.schneier.com https://ciso2ciso.com/encryption-backdoor-in-military-police-radios-source-www-schneier-com/ #rssfeedpostgeneratorecho #SchneierOnSecurity #SchneieronSecurity #CyberSecurityNews #Uncategorized #Encryption #backdoors #Military #Police #radio

Encryption Backdoor in Military/Police Radios – Source: www.schneier.com https://ciso2ciso.com/encryption-backdoor-in-military-police-radios-source-www-schneier-com/ #rssfeedpostgeneratorecho #SchneierOnSecurity #SchneieronSecurity #CyberSecurityNews #Uncategorized #Encryption #backdoors #Military #Police #radio

China Accuses Nvidia of Putting Backdoors into Their Chips – Source: www.schneier.com https://ciso2ciso.com/china-accuses-nvidia-of-putting-backdoors-into-their-chips-source-www-schneier-com/ #rssfeedpostgeneratorecho #SchneierOnSecurity #SchneieronSecurity #CyberSecurityNews #Uncategorized #backdoors #hardware #China #AI