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  1. Signal Bolsters Encryption with Automatic Key Verification

    Say goodbye to encryption anxiety - Signal's new Automatic Key Verification feature lets you easily confirm that your contacts' public keys match up, with just a tap and a reassuring green checkmark. Simply hit the "Verify automatically" button in your contact's profile, and breathe easy knowing their key is secure.

    osintsights.com/signal-bolster

    #EndtoendEncryption #AutomaticKeyVerification #Signal #MessagingSecurity #Cryptography

  2. Meta Reverses Instagram Encryption Stance

    Meta has backtracked on its plan to introduce end-to-end encryption for Instagram messages, leaving direct messages stored and transmitted in plaintext, giving the company access to user conversations. This move reverses years of promotion for enhanced messaging security.

    osintsights.com/meta-reverses-

    #EndtoendEncryption #Meta #Instagram #Plaintext #MessagingSecurity

  3. Gen Digital researchers have disclosed GhostPairing, a technique that leverages WhatsApp’s multi-device functionality via social engineering to enable persistent, low-noise access to user communications.

    The case highlights how legitimate features can become attack surfaces when paired with deception rather than technical exploitation.

    Open discussion: how can platforms mitigate abuse of trusted workflows without degrading user experience?

    Follow TechNadu for objective threat analysis and security research updates.

    Source: techrepublic.com/article/news-

    #InfoSec #ThreatResearch #SocialEngineering #MessagingSecurity #PrivacyEngineering #CyberRisk

  4. Gen Digital researchers have disclosed GhostPairing, a technique that leverages WhatsApp’s multi-device functionality via social engineering to enable persistent, low-noise access to user communications.

    The case highlights how legitimate features can become attack surfaces when paired with deception rather than technical exploitation.

    Open discussion: how can platforms mitigate abuse of trusted workflows without degrading user experience?

    Follow TechNadu for objective threat analysis and security research updates.

    Source: techrepublic.com/article/news-

    #InfoSec #ThreatResearch #SocialEngineering #MessagingSecurity #PrivacyEngineering #CyberRisk

  5. Gen Digital researchers have disclosed GhostPairing, a technique that leverages WhatsApp’s multi-device functionality via social engineering to enable persistent, low-noise access to user communications.

    The case highlights how legitimate features can become attack surfaces when paired with deception rather than technical exploitation.

    Open discussion: how can platforms mitigate abuse of trusted workflows without degrading user experience?

    Follow TechNadu for objective threat analysis and security research updates.

    Source: techrepublic.com/article/news-

    #InfoSec #ThreatResearch #SocialEngineering #MessagingSecurity #PrivacyEngineering #CyberRisk

  6. Gen Digital researchers have disclosed GhostPairing, a technique that leverages WhatsApp’s multi-device functionality via social engineering to enable persistent, low-noise access to user communications.

    The case highlights how legitimate features can become attack surfaces when paired with deception rather than technical exploitation.

    Open discussion: how can platforms mitigate abuse of trusted workflows without degrading user experience?

    Follow TechNadu for objective threat analysis and security research updates.

    Source: techrepublic.com/article/news-

    #InfoSec #ThreatResearch #SocialEngineering #MessagingSecurity #PrivacyEngineering #CyberRisk

  7. Gen Digital researchers have disclosed GhostPairing, a technique that leverages WhatsApp’s multi-device functionality via social engineering to enable persistent, low-noise access to user communications.

    The case highlights how legitimate features can become attack surfaces when paired with deception rather than technical exploitation.

    Open discussion: how can platforms mitigate abuse of trusted workflows without degrading user experience?

    Follow TechNadu for objective threat analysis and security research updates.

    Source: techrepublic.com/article/news-

    #InfoSec #ThreatResearch #SocialEngineering #MessagingSecurity #PrivacyEngineering #CyberRisk

  8. Researchers disclosed that delivery-receipt behavior in WhatsApp and Signal can be leveraged to observe device activity using silent reactions, edits, and deletions.

    Only a phone number is needed, and there’s no user control to disable receipts.
    What types of safeguards would you consider appropriate here?

    Source: gbhackers.com/hackers-exploit-

    Follow us for measured, research-driven cybersecurity reporting.

    #InfoSec #Cybersecurity #MobileSecurity #ThreatResearch #Privacy #MessagingSecurity #SecurityAwareness #TechNews #CyberRisk #DigitalSafety

  9. Researchers disclosed that delivery-receipt behavior in WhatsApp and Signal can be leveraged to observe device activity using silent reactions, edits, and deletions.

    Only a phone number is needed, and there’s no user control to disable receipts.
    What types of safeguards would you consider appropriate here?

    Source: gbhackers.com/hackers-exploit-

    Follow us for measured, research-driven cybersecurity reporting.

    #InfoSec #Cybersecurity #MobileSecurity #ThreatResearch #Privacy #MessagingSecurity #SecurityAwareness #TechNews #CyberRisk #DigitalSafety

  10. Researchers disclosed that delivery-receipt behavior in WhatsApp and Signal can be leveraged to observe device activity using silent reactions, edits, and deletions.

    Only a phone number is needed, and there’s no user control to disable receipts.
    What types of safeguards would you consider appropriate here?

    Source: gbhackers.com/hackers-exploit-

    Follow us for measured, research-driven cybersecurity reporting.

    #InfoSec #Cybersecurity #MobileSecurity #ThreatResearch #Privacy #MessagingSecurity #SecurityAwareness #TechNews #CyberRisk #DigitalSafety

  11. Researchers disclosed that delivery-receipt behavior in WhatsApp and Signal can be leveraged to observe device activity using silent reactions, edits, and deletions.

    Only a phone number is needed, and there’s no user control to disable receipts.
    What types of safeguards would you consider appropriate here?

    Source: gbhackers.com/hackers-exploit-

    Follow us for measured, research-driven cybersecurity reporting.

    #InfoSec #Cybersecurity #MobileSecurity #ThreatResearch #Privacy #MessagingSecurity #SecurityAwareness #TechNews #CyberRisk #DigitalSafety

  12. Researchers disclosed that delivery-receipt behavior in WhatsApp and Signal can be leveraged to observe device activity using silent reactions, edits, and deletions.

    Only a phone number is needed, and there’s no user control to disable receipts.
    What types of safeguards would you consider appropriate here?

    Source: gbhackers.com/hackers-exploit-

    Follow us for measured, research-driven cybersecurity reporting.

    #InfoSec #Cybersecurity #MobileSecurity #ThreatResearch #Privacy #MessagingSecurity #SecurityAwareness #TechNews #CyberRisk #DigitalSafety

  13. Swedish government wants to get access to your encrypted messaging communication.
    Exactly how are they thinking of doing that?
    I am no tech specialist, even I have been online since early 1990s. I may very well miss something or be ignorant of some aspects, but..

    OK, let's say Swedish government wants backdoors to messaging apps.
    Signal refuses and leaves Sweden.
    So, is the Swedish government going to demand that of everyone messaging app?
    Signal, WhatsApp, etc, they are centralised, so could perhaps work.

    But what about smaller, "unknown", decentralised messaging services? Like SimpleX? How are you going to get them to comply?

    Or XMPP/Jabber with OMEMO encryption? That is a not an app, not even a messaging service, but a protocol, similar to email.
    Do you think every developer of an XMPP app is going to comply? That is, if you are even capable of finding them? And that goes for the XMPP servers, as well. "Anyone" can set up an encrypted XMPP server.

    1/2

    #signal #MessagingSecurity #chatcontrol #XMPP #backdoors

  14. Swedish government wants to get access to your encrypted messaging communication.
    Exactly how are they thinking of doing that?
    I am no tech specialist, even I have been online since early 1990s. I may very well miss something or be ignorant of some aspects, but..

    OK, let's say Swedish government wants backdoors to messaging apps.
    Signal refuses and leaves Sweden.
    So, is the Swedish government going to demand that of everyone messaging app?
    Signal, WhatsApp, etc, they are centralised, so could perhaps work.

    But what about smaller, "unknown", decentralised messaging services? Like SimpleX? How are you going to get them to comply?

    Or XMPP/Jabber with OMEMO encryption? That is a not an app, not even a messaging service, but a protocol, similar to email.
    Do you think every developer of an XMPP app is going to comply? That is, if you are even capable of finding them? And that goes for the XMPP servers, as well. "Anyone" can set up an encrypted XMPP server.

    1/2

    #signal #MessagingSecurity #chatcontrol #XMPP #backdoors

  15. Swedish government wants to get access to your encrypted messaging communication.
    Exactly how are they thinking of doing that?
    I am no tech specialist, even I have been online since early 1990s. I may very well miss something or be ignorant of some aspects, but..

    OK, let's say Swedish government wants backdoors to messaging apps.
    Signal refuses and leaves Sweden.
    So, is the Swedish government going to demand that of everyone messaging app?
    Signal, WhatsApp, etc, they are centralised, so could perhaps work.

    But what about smaller, "unknown", decentralised messaging services? Like SimpleX? How are you going to get them to comply?

    Or XMPP/Jabber with OMEMO encryption? That is a not an app, not even a messaging service, but a protocol, similar to email.
    Do you think every developer of an XMPP app is going to comply? That is, if you are even capable of finding them? And that goes for the XMPP servers, as well. "Anyone" can set up an encrypted XMPP server.

    1/2

    #signal #MessagingSecurity #chatcontrol #XMPP #backdoors

  16. Swedish government wants to get access to your encrypted messaging communication.
    Exactly how are they thinking of doing that?
    I am no tech specialist, even I have been online since early 1990s. I may very well miss something or be ignorant of some aspects, but..

    OK, let's say Swedish government wants backdoors to messaging apps.
    Signal refuses and leaves Sweden.
    So, is the Swedish government going to demand that of everyone messaging app?
    Signal, WhatsApp, etc, they are centralised, so could perhaps work.

    But what about smaller, "unknown", decentralised messaging services? Like SimpleX? How are you going to get them to comply?

    Or XMPP/Jabber with OMEMO encryption? That is a not an app, not even a messaging service, but a protocol, similar to email.
    Do you think every developer of an XMPP app is going to comply? That is, if you are even capable of finding them? And that goes for the XMPP servers, as well. "Anyone" can set up an encrypted XMPP server.

    1/2

    #signal #MessagingSecurity #chatcontrol #XMPP #backdoors

  17. Swedish government wants to get access to your encrypted messaging communication.
    Exactly how are they thinking of doing that?
    I am no tech specialist, even I have been online since early 1990s. I may very well miss something or be ignorant of some aspects, but..

    OK, let's say Swedish government wants backdoors to messaging apps.
    Signal refuses and leaves Sweden.
    So, is the Swedish government going to demand that of everyone messaging app?
    Signal, WhatsApp, etc, they are centralised, so could perhaps work.

    But what about smaller, "unknown", decentralised messaging services? Like SimpleX? How are you going to get them to comply?

    Or XMPP/Jabber with OMEMO encryption? That is a not an app, not even a messaging service, but a protocol, similar to email.
    Do you think every developer of an XMPP app is going to comply? That is, if you are even capable of finding them? And that goes for the XMPP servers, as well. "Anyone" can set up an encrypted XMPP server.

    1/2

    #signal #MessagingSecurity #chatcontrol #XMPP #backdoors

  18. Gearing up for some more development on encrypting and decrypting messages for kids.

    Just renamed my one-time pad encryptio library to something that was possible to remember:

    otp-encryption-js

    First thing is to make emojis unique over different versions of unicode emoji versions.

    Then look at one-time pad exchange between phones.

    #onetimepad #encryption #JavaScript #development #messaging #MessagingSecurity

    github.com/eklem/otp-encrypt-j

  19. Gearing up for some more development on encrypting and decrypting messages for kids.

    Just renamed my one-time pad encryptio library to something that was possible to remember:

    otp-encryption-js

    First thing is to make emojis unique over different versions of unicode emoji versions.

    Then look at one-time pad exchange between phones.

    #onetimepad #encryption #JavaScript #development #messaging #MessagingSecurity

    github.com/eklem/otp-encrypt-j

  20. Gearing up for some more development on encrypting and decrypting messages for kids.

    Just renamed my one-time pad encryptio library to something that was possible to remember:

    otp-encryption-js

    First thing is to make emojis unique over different versions of unicode emoji versions.

    Then look at one-time pad exchange between phones.

    #onetimepad #encryption #JavaScript #development #messaging #MessagingSecurity

    github.com/eklem/otp-encrypt-j

  21. Gearing up for some more development on encrypting and decrypting messages for kids.

    Just renamed my one-time pad encryptio library to something that was possible to remember:

    otp-encryption-js

    First thing is to make emojis unique over different versions of unicode emoji versions.

    Then look at one-time pad exchange between phones.

    #onetimepad #encryption #JavaScript #development #messaging #MessagingSecurity

    github.com/eklem/otp-encrypt-j