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  1. @hiker @andree4live
    Du beziehst dich auf die Transparenz, sowas wie Öffentlichkeitsgesetze etc.? Ja, da sind die Enduser-Messenger ein Problem.

    Deshalb vermarktet eine israelische Firma einen #Signal-Klon namens #TeleMessage, der genau diese Erstellung von Public Records gewährleistet.

    Allerdings haben sie bei der Implementation grobe Schnitzer gemacht; so ist z.B. der API-Key in der Applikation drin. Ein API-Key, mit dem man (natürlich) viel zu viel darf…
    dnip.ch/2025/05/06/dnip-briefi

  2. It's Longshot Request Friday!

    EDIT: Now sorted, thanks!

    Does anyone have in their collection an example of an old British Telecom "telemessage" ?

    These were greetings telegrams, dictated by phone and sent through the post.

    I'm specifically looking for a readable image of the reply instructions that were printed on the reverse side of the page.

    For some reason, no one seems to scan the back page when selling these online!

    I've attached an example of the front:

    #britishTelecom #telemessage

  3. It's Longshot Request Friday!

    EDIT: Now sorted, thanks!

    Does anyone have in their collection an example of an old British Telecom "telemessage" ?

    These were greetings telegrams, dictated by phone and sent through the post.

    I'm specifically looking for a readable image of the reply instructions that were printed on the reverse side of the page.

    For some reason, no one seems to scan the back page when selling these online!

    I've attached an example of the front:

  4. It's Longshot Request Friday!

    EDIT: Now sorted, thanks!

    Does anyone have in their collection an example of an old British Telecom "telemessage" ?

    These were greetings telegrams, dictated by phone and sent through the post.

    I'm specifically looking for a readable image of the reply instructions that were printed on the reverse side of the page.

    For some reason, no one seems to scan the back page when selling these online!

    I've attached an example of the front:

    #britishTelecom #telemessage

  5. It's Longshot Request Friday!

    EDIT: Now sorted, thanks!

    Does anyone have in their collection an example of an old British Telecom "telemessage" ?

    These were greetings telegrams, dictated by phone and sent through the post.

    I'm specifically looking for a readable image of the reply instructions that were printed on the reverse side of the page.

    For some reason, no one seems to scan the back page when selling these online!

    I've attached an example of the front:

    #britishTelecom #telemessage

  6. It's Longshot Request Friday!

    EDIT: Now sorted, thanks!

    Does anyone have in their collection an example of an old British Telecom "telemessage" ?

    These were greetings telegrams, dictated by phone and sent through the post.

    I'm specifically looking for a readable image of the reply instructions that were printed on the reverse side of the page.

    For some reason, no one seems to scan the back page when selling these online!

    I've attached an example of the front:

    #britishTelecom #telemessage

  7. @[email protected] Das heißt doch, wenn #Macron (nach #Informationsfreiheitsanfrage) veröffentlicht (weil jede #Löschung bei #Signal sich nur auf die eigene #Kopie der #Nachricht auswirkt, nicht auf die Kopie des Gesprächspartners), dass von der Leyen zugesagt hat, die #Chatkontrolle zu verbieten, #Tiktok zu verbieten, nur noch das #Fediverse zu verwenden für Veröffentlichungen der EU in sozialen Medien, #Photovoltaik in der Normandie mit 5 Fantastillionen Euro zu fördern, Verbrennerautos ab #November in der #EU zu verbieten, die #VisionZero in der EU bis #Dezember umzusetzen, innereuropäische Flüge ab #Januar zu verbieten, dann kann von der Leyen nie beweisen, dass das nicht stimmt. Hätte sie doch #Telemessage als #SignalApp verwendet...

    @netzpolitik_feed @Volksverpetzer @fragdenstaat @derpostillon @mimikama @Freiheitsrechte @umwelthilfe.bsky.social @jon @tazgetroete @ndaktuell @ZEITONLINE @heiseonline

  8. Destroying Autocracy – August 15, 2025

    Welcome to this week’s “Destroying Autocracy”.

    It’s your source for curated news affecting democracy in the cyber arena with a focus on protecting it. That necessitates an opinionated Butlerian jihad against big tech as well as evangelizing for open-source and the Fediverse. Since big media’s journalism wing is flailing and failing in its core duty to democracy, this is also a collection of alternative reporting on the eternal battle between autocracy and democracy. We also cover the cybersecurity world. You can’t be free without safety and privacy.

    DA comes out on Thursday and is updated through the end of day on Friday. Then we start over. So take your time in perusing it and check back in over the weekend.

    FYI, my opinions will be in bold. And will often involve cursing. Because humans. Especially tech bros. And fascists. Fuck ’em.

    There is some news about us this week. We are definitely retiring next year and sooner than expected. Once we move to Europe, I don’t want to spend 30 hours a week working on Symfony Station and Battalion. Producing short documentaries will be my main hobby.

    But, I am willing to spend 10 hours weekly on The Programmer’s Fulcrum. It’s the future (and smaller) home for a fusion of Symfony Station and Battalion. Its tagline is Devs Defending Democracy.

    For now its built with Ghost though WordPress is still in the running as a long-term site/newsletter/fediverse account solution. Sorry Drupal CMS you are dead in the water.

    In any event, you can sign up now and for 2025 get an email with links and featured articles for each week’s Symfony Station Communiqué and Battalion “Destroying Autocracy” post. And you’ll be set with TPF after the fusing. I appreciate all of you.

    Featured Item

    The Sunday Times has an interview with my hero:

    Meredith Whittaker, boss of WhatsApp rival Signal, says the UK’s Investigatory Powers Act could create a weakness that threatens users’ private data.

    Signal boss: ‘disturbing’ laws show the UK doesn’t understand tech

    Fuck Meta, and fuck What’s App.

    We start and end with good news to make the middle bearable.

    The response to Russia’s War Crimes, Techno Feudalism, and other douchebaggery

    TechCrunch reports:

    US government seized $1M from Russian ransomware gang

    BleepingComputer reports:

    North Korean Kimsuky hackers exposed in alleged data breach

    TechCrunch reports:

    Australian court finds Apple, Google abused app store market power

    The Association for Progressive Communications reports:

    Every Door on going from a map user to an open source map creator

    Grenoble, France announces:

    Access kit Open source software

    Commons DB has:

    Connecting the Commons: Shared Benefits for Wikimedia Commons and CommonsDB

    The Center for Democracy and Technology shares:

    2024 Annual Report

    Neutral

    The Next Web reports:

    Opinion: Europe can regulate its way to a better fintech future

    Infrequently reports:

    How Do Committees Fail To Invent?

    Renée DiResta reports:

    No Clapping Allowed: A Social Media Free Speech Debate Without the Usual Theater

    Stateline reports:

    More than half the states have issued AI guidance for schools

    Dries Buytaert has:

    Funding Open Source like public infrastructure

    I disagree with 88.2% of Dries’ AI stance, but he’s 100% correct about this. 😉

    The Evil Empire (AKA Autocracy) Strikes Back

    The Electronic Frontier Foundation reports:

    Americans, Be Warned: Lessons From Reddit’s Chaotic UK Age Verification Rollout

    Unfortunately, our fools will follow in their fools’ footsteps. And btw fuck Reddit.

    The Register reports:

    Wikimedia Foundation loses first court battle to swerve Online Safety Act regulation

    404 Media reports:

    Trump Is Launching an AI Search Engine Powered by Perplexity

    If there was any doubt that c^nts attract c^nts, now you know. Especially Clownish ones who want to buy Chrome.

    Feds Used Local Cop’s Password to Do Immigration Surveillance With Flock Cameras

    LAPD Eyes ‘GeoSpy’, an AI Tool That Can Geolocate Photos in Seconds

    Euractiv has:

    Palantir is well on its way to conquering Europe

    Pariah States

    The Register reports:

    Russia’s RomCom among those exploiting a WinRAR 0-day in highly-targeted attacks

    TechCrunch reports:

    Russian government hackers said to be behind US federal court filing system hack: Report

    BleepingComputer reports:

    Pro-Russian hackers blamed for water dam sabotage in Norway

    Curly COMrades cyberspies hit govt orgs with custom malware

    Dark Reading reports:

    REvil Actor Accuses Russia of Planning 2021 Kaseya Attack

    EuroNews reports:

    Russia blocks calls via WhatsApp and Telegram as it tightens control over the internet

    Signals, peeps.

    Israel faces widespread condemnation after Al Jazeera correspondent killed in Gaza

    TechPolicy reports:

    Artificial Intelligence and the Orchestration of Palestinian Life and Death

    Big Media

    Poynter says:

    Press freedoms can slip away

    And have.

    The Racket reports:

    Substack’s extremist ecosystem is flourishing

    They are on Beehiiv, which like Ghost is a moral alternative to SubStack.

    NiemanLab reports:

    Can nonprofit news mix with local TV? A Pennsylvania partnership aims to find out

    Local TV news is shit. But, this is interesting.

    Seeking Alpha reports:

    Companies find new avenues to drive up sessions as Google’s AI Search tools reduce web traffic

    404 Media reports:

    Trump Administration Outlines Plan to Throw Out an Agency’s FOIA Requests En Masse

    Big Tech

    The Electronic Frontier Foundation reports:

    Data Brokers Are Ignoring Privacy Law. We Deserve Better.

    Ben Werdmuller reports on:

    Lifelogging under fascism

    TechPolicy reports:

    In an Age of Information Gatekeeping, Don’t Just Google It

    Fuck Google.

    TechPolicy reports:

    ‘Big Cloud’ is Building Power via Pervasive Investments

    TechCrunch reports:

    Leaked Meta AI rules show chatbots were allowed to have romantic chats with kids

    How to Save the World asks:

    Has the Internet Succumbed to the Tragedy of the Commons?

    Platformer has:

    Three big lessons from the GPT-5 backlash

    Grok is on the rocks

    Ars Technica reports:

    LLMs’ “simulated reasoning” abilities are a “brittle mirage,” researchers find

    AP reports:

    Students have been called to the office — and even arrested — for AI surveillance false alarms

    Cybersecurity/Privacy

    The Register reports:

    The inside story of the Telemessage saga, and how you can view the data

    DEF CON hackers plug security holes in US water systems amid tsunami of threats

    Deepfake detectors are slowly coming of age, at a time of dire need

    Fediverse

    Connected Places has:

    Fediverse Report – 129

    Hopefully the link is fixed now.

    IFTAS says:

    The 2025 Fediverse Needs Assessment is Open: Have Your Say

    Salvatore Noschese shares:

    Mastodon: parliamone un po’

    We Distribute reports:

    Big Updates Are Coming to Loops

    tchncs has:

    Bonfire Social: Shared user

    We Distribute asks?

    Is Meta Scraping the Fediverse for AI?

    Did I say fuck Meta?

    TechCrunch reports:

    Threads now has more than 400 million monthly active users

    Fuck Threads too.

    Arxiv is:

    Exploring Left-Wing Extremism on the Decentralized Web: An Analysis of Lemmygrad.ml

    The proper term is Tankies not left-wing. And it’s why you should use Mbin or Piefed.

    Paths & Patches has:

    Third Spaces in the Fediverse: FediCon thoughts Part II

    Newsmast unplugged: FediCon Part III

    The Register reports:

    Secure chat darling Matrix admits pair of ‘high severity’ protocol flaws need painful fixes

    Slightly Federated Social Media

    TBD

    CTAs (aka show us some free love)

    Keep fighting!

    Ringleader, Battalion
    Reuben Walker
    Follow me on the Fediverse

    #ActivityPub #AI #ATProto #Autocracy #BigJournalism #BigTech #Bluesky #Bonfire #Democracy #Fascism #Fediverse #Lemmy #Loops #Mastodon #Reddit #Signal #StopChina #StopIsrael #StopRedAmerica #StopRussia #SubStack #SupportUkraine #TechnoAnarchism #TechnoFeudalism #Telemessage #WhatsApp #Wikimedia

    battalion.mobileatom.net/?p=23

  9. New-to-me, from Micah Lee: TeleMessage Explorer: a new open source research tool. “I’ve spent the last week or two writing code to make sense of the massive hack of data from TeleMessage, the comically insecure company that makes a modified Signal app that Trump’s former national security advisor Mike Waltz was caught using. I’ve decided to publish my code as open source in the hopes that other […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/11/telemessage-explorer-a-new-open-source-research-tool-micah-lee/

  10. 🚨 Hackers are actively exploiting a new flaw in #TeleMessage SGNL, a Signal clone app used by US government officials and agencies, putting sensitive data at risk - The app was already breached in may 2025.

    Details: hackread.com/telemessage-sgnl-

    #CyberSecurity #Vulnerability #Privacy ##TeleMessageSGNL

  11. 🚨 BREAKING NEWS: #TeleMessage is used by everyone from DC's finest to Silicon Valley's finest—because who doesn't love a good security breach? 🤦‍♂️ Congrats, your secrets are now open source #research tools! 🎉🔓
    micahflee.com/telemessage-cust #SecurityBreach #OpenSource #DC #SiliconValley #HackerNews #ngated

  12. 🎉 Behold, the latest gift to the #open-source world: a tool that helps you make sense of the #TeleMessage data leak, because who wouldn't want to dive into the dumpster fire 🔥 that is yet another insecure messaging app? 🤡 Just don't forget to bring your own data—after all, that's half the fun! 🎁
    micahflee.com/telemessage-expl #data-leak #insecure-messaging #app-security #data-analysis #HackerNews #ngated

  13. #TeleMessage, der obskure Anbieter, der Nachrichten von #WhatsApp #Signal #SMS #SGNL #WeChat und auch #Telegram archivierte hat KEINE Nachrichten von #Threema abgreifen können! Soviel also zur "Sicherheit" von US #Messenger.... micahflee.com/telemessage-... #Datenschutz #MetaAI #Privatsphäre

  14. reuters.com/world/us/hacker-wh

    The recent hack of TeleMessage covers a broader spectrum of government officials than previously thought.

    A hacker intercepted communications data from over 60 government officials, including disaster responders, diplomatic staff, and White House personnel.

    The stolen data included messages from May 4, 2025, and some of them were confirmed authentic by the recipients.

    #dataBreach #Hack #TeleMessage

  15. A week after that #hack, the #CISA recommended that users "discontinue use of the product" barring any mitigating instructions about how to use the app from #Smarsh.

    Jake Williams, a fmr #NationalSecurity Agency #cyber specialist, said that, even if the intercepted text messages were innocuous, the wealth of #metadata - the who & when of the #leaked conversations & chat groups - posed a #counterintelligence risk.

    #Trump #Signalgate #Signal #Telemessage #InfoSec #idiocracy

  16. A week after that #hack, the #CISA recommended that users "discontinue use of the product" barring any mitigating instructions about how to use the app from #Smarsh.

    Jake Williams, a fmr #NationalSecurity Agency #cyber specialist, said that, even if the intercepted text messages were innocuous, the wealth of #metadata - the who & when of the #leaked conversations & chat groups - posed a #counterintelligence risk.

    #Trump #Signalgate #Signal #Telemessage #InfoSec #idiocracy

  17. A week after that #hack, the #CISA recommended that users "discontinue use of the product" barring any mitigating instructions about how to use the app from #Smarsh.

    Jake Williams, a fmr #NationalSecurity Agency #cyber specialist, said that, even if the intercepted text messages were innocuous, the wealth of #metadata - the who & when of the #leaked conversations & chat groups - posed a #counterintelligence risk.

    #Trump #Signalgate #Signal #Telemessage #InfoSec #idiocracy

  18. A week after that #hack, the #CISA recommended that users "discontinue use of the product" barring any mitigating instructions about how to use the app from #Smarsh.

    Jake Williams, a fmr #NationalSecurity Agency #cyber specialist, said that, even if the intercepted text messages were innocuous, the wealth of #metadata - the who & when of the #leaked conversations & chat groups - posed a #counterintelligence risk.

    #Trump #Signalgate #Signal #Telemessage #InfoSec #idiocracy

  19. A week after that #hack, the #CISA recommended that users "discontinue use of the product" barring any mitigating instructions about how to use the app from #Smarsh.

    Jake Williams, a fmr #NationalSecurity Agency #cyber specialist, said that, even if the intercepted text messages were innocuous, the wealth of #metadata - the who & when of the #leaked conversations & chat groups - posed a #counterintelligence risk.

    #Trump #Signalgate #Signal #Telemessage #InfoSec #idiocracy

  20. A #CBP spox repeated a past stmnt noting that it had disabled #TeleMessage & was investigating.

    Federal contracting data shows that #State & #DHS have had contracts w/TeleMessage in recent years, as has the #CDC. A CDC spox told Reuters in an email that the agency piloted the software in 2024 to assess its potential for records management requirements "but found it did not fit our needs." The status of the other contracts wasn't clear.

    #Trump #NationalSecurity #Signalgate #InfoSec #idiocracy

  21. The White House said in a stmnt that it was "aware of the cyber security incident at #Smarsh" but didn't offer comment on its use of the platform. #State didn't respond. The #SecretService said #TeleMessage products had been used "by a small subset of Secret Service employees" & that it was reviewing the situation. #FEMA said in an email that it had "no evidence" that its info had been compromised. It didn't respond when sent copies of internal FEMA msgs.

    #Trump #NationalSecurity #InfoSec

  22. The White House said in a stmnt that it was "aware of the cyber security incident at #Smarsh" but didn't offer comment on its use of the platform. #State didn't respond. The #SecretService said #TeleMessage products had been used "by a small subset of Secret Service employees" & that it was reviewing the situation. #FEMA said in an email that it had "no evidence" that its info had been compromised. It didn't respond when sent copies of internal FEMA msgs.

    #Trump #NationalSecurity #InfoSec

  23. The White House said in a stmnt that it was "aware of the cyber security incident at #Smarsh" but didn't offer comment on its use of the platform. #State didn't respond. The #SecretService said #TeleMessage products had been used "by a small subset of Secret Service employees" & that it was reviewing the situation. #FEMA said in an email that it had "no evidence" that its info had been compromised. It didn't respond when sent copies of internal FEMA msgs.

    #Trump #NationalSecurity #InfoSec

  24. The White House said in a stmnt that it was "aware of the cyber security incident at #Smarsh" but didn't offer comment on its use of the platform. #State didn't respond. The #SecretService said #TeleMessage products had been used "by a small subset of Secret Service employees" & that it was reviewing the situation. #FEMA said in an email that it had "no evidence" that its info had been compromised. It didn't respond when sent copies of internal FEMA msgs.

    #Trump #NationalSecurity #InfoSec

  25. The White House said in a stmnt that it was "aware of the cyber security incident at #Smarsh" but didn't offer comment on its use of the platform. #State didn't respond. The #SecretService said #TeleMessage products had been used "by a small subset of Secret Service employees" & that it was reviewing the situation. #FEMA said in an email that it had "no evidence" that its info had been compromised. It didn't respond when sent copies of internal FEMA msgs.

    #Trump #NationalSecurity #InfoSec

  26. Reuters could not ascertain how #TeleMessage had been used by each agency. The service - which takes versions of popular apps & allows their messages to be archived in line w/government rules - has been suspended since May 5, when it went offline "out of an abundance of caution." TeleMessage's owner, the Portland, Oregon-based digital communications firm #Smarsh, did not respond to requests for comments about the #leaked #data.

    #Trump #NationalSecurity #Signalgate #Signal #InfoSec #idiocracy

  27. Reuters could not ascertain how #TeleMessage had been used by each agency. The service - which takes versions of popular apps & allows their messages to be archived in line w/government rules - has been suspended since May 5, when it went offline "out of an abundance of caution." TeleMessage's owner, the Portland, Oregon-based digital communications firm #Smarsh, did not respond to requests for comments about the #leaked #data.

    #Trump #NationalSecurity #Signalgate #Signal #InfoSec #idiocracy

  28. Reuters could not ascertain how #TeleMessage had been used by each agency. The service - which takes versions of popular apps & allows their messages to be archived in line w/government rules - has been suspended since May 5, when it went offline "out of an abundance of caution." TeleMessage's owner, the Portland, Oregon-based digital communications firm #Smarsh, did not respond to requests for comments about the #leaked #data.

    #Trump #NationalSecurity #Signalgate #Signal #InfoSec #idiocracy

  29. Reuters could not ascertain how #TeleMessage had been used by each agency. The service - which takes versions of popular apps & allows their messages to be archived in line w/government rules - has been suspended since May 5, when it went offline "out of an abundance of caution." TeleMessage's owner, the Portland, Oregon-based digital communications firm #Smarsh, did not respond to requests for comments about the #leaked #data.

    #Trump #NationalSecurity #Signalgate #Signal #InfoSec #idiocracy

  30. Reuters could not ascertain how #TeleMessage had been used by each agency. The service - which takes versions of popular apps & allows their messages to be archived in line w/government rules - has been suspended since May 5, when it went offline "out of an abundance of caution." TeleMessage's owner, the Portland, Oregon-based digital communications firm #Smarsh, did not respond to requests for comments about the #leaked #data.

    #Trump #NationalSecurity #Signalgate #Signal #InfoSec #idiocracy

  31. One of the intercepted texts' recipients - an applicant for aid from #FEMA confirmed to Reuters that the #leaked message was authentic; a financial services firm whose messages were similarly intercepted also confirmed their authenticity.

    Based on its limited review, Reuters uncovered nothing that seemed clearly sensitive & did not uncover chats by #MikeWaltz or other cabinet ofcls.

    #Trump #NationalSecurity #Signalgate #Signal #Telemessage #InfoSec #idiocracy

  32. Once little known outside government and finance circles, #TeleMessage drew media attention after an April 30 Reuters photograph showed #MikeWaltz checking TeleMessage's version of the privacy-focused app #Signal during a cabinet meeting.

    While Reuters could not verify the entire contents of the TeleMessage trove, in more than half a dozen cases the news agency was able to establish that the phone numbers in the #leaked #data were correctly attributed to their owners.

    #Trump #NationalSecurity

  33. Reuters identified >60 unique govt users of the messaging platform #TeleMessage in a cache of #leaked #data provided by Distributed Denial of Secrets, a US nonprofit whose mission is to archive #hacked & leaked documents in the public interest. The trove included material from disaster responders, #customs ofcls, several US diplomatic staffers, at least 1 #WhiteHouse staffer & members of the #SecretService.

    #Trump #NationalSecurity #Signalgate #InfoSec #idiocracy

  34. Exclusive: Hacker who breached communications app used by #Trump aide stole data across US govt

    A #hacker who breached the comms service used by fmr Trump #NationalSecurity adviser [& current UN ambassador] #MikeWaltz earlier this month intercepted messages from a broader swath of ofcls than previously reported, potentially raising the stakes of a breach that has already drawn questions about #DataSecurity in the Trump admin.

    #TeleMessage #Signalgate #InfoSec #idiocracy
    reuters.com/world/us/hacker-wh