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Aral Balkan
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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    Aral Balkan‏ @aral 1 Aug 2017

    Decrypting Amber Rudd Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter & YouTube told to quietly drop e2e-encryption from their apps. https://ar.al/notes/decrypting-amber-rudd/ …pic.twitter.com/ealAPnc4FE

    2:53 PM - 1 Aug 2017
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    • Jon McCoy Cédrick Béler Matt Tenenbaum Economic Mayhem Nigella Argos Kristokks derek graham cryptobsd
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      2. Eerke Boiten‏ @EerkeBoiten 2 Aug 2017
        Replying to @aral

        Good story but misses two elements: Sandberg flogging metadata to UK on Desert Island Discs; Signal security analysis by Oxford uni team.

        1 reply 1 retweet 5 likes
      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 2 Aug 2017
        Replying to @EerkeBoiten

        Will read up; not familiar with either. Do you have any links you’d recommend?

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Eerke Boiten‏ @EerkeBoiten 2 Aug 2017
        Replying to @aral

        Eerke Boiten Retweeted Eerke Boiten

        https://twitter.com/EerkeBoiten/status/892159349979729921 … ; Cohn-Gordon, Cremers, et al https://eprint.iacr.org/2016/1013 

        Eerke Boiten added,

        Eerke Boiten @EerkeBoiten
        Facebook flogging WhatsApp metadata on Desert Island Discs. A bit surreal? https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/892109396569927691 …
        1 reply 2 retweets 11 likes
      5. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 2 Aug 2017
        Replying to @EerkeBoiten

        Thanks, will read :)

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      2.  🛏️ 🛏️ 🛏️ 🏥‏ @VikOlliver 1 Aug 2017
        Replying to @aral

        FYI WhatsApp and Allo use the @whispersystems "Signal" app protocol. Signal is still available as a 100% free app for Android/iOS/Chrome.

        2 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 1 Aug 2017
        Replying to @VikOlliver @whispersystems

        Correction: we are told, & Moxie vouched at one point in time—at least—that they were using the Signal protocol. Could change in any build.

        0 replies 0 retweets 7 likes
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      1. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 2 Aug 2017
        Replying to @cjjmccray

        Thanks, Chris :) And thanks also for the heads up; fixed :)

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      2. Peter Bance‏ @peterbance 2 Aug 2017
        Replying to @aral @hacks4pancakes

        "Created a forum". Yes. "Asked them to remove E2EE": are you sure? Was that documented somewhere? It doesn't sound like current UK policy.

        2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 3 Aug 2017
        Replying to @peterbance @hacks4pancakes

        (a) Read the post, Rudd says it herself. (b) See IP Act, the government asked for and got the right to do so under law (link also in post).

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      2. Rachael‏ @ractack 1 Aug 2017
        Replying to @aral

        Are you aware that Signal is funded through the US government's foreign propaganda arm? https://www.opentech.fund/project/open-whisper-systems …

        2 replies 2 retweets 3 likes
      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 2 Aug 2017
        Replying to @ractack

        Not surprising; nearly every US-based privacy project is. And yes, troubling. But at least Signal itself is open source.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      4. Rachael‏ @ractack 2 Aug 2017
        Replying to @aral

        Open source is not enough. Funding influences design. Just look at ARPAnet, which was never designed with privacy in mind. #opsec #infosec

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      5. Rachael‏ @ractack 2 Aug 2017
        Replying to @ractack @aral

        Even if apps are open source, there's much bigger problems, too. Android and iOS are insecure & can be cracked by Cellebrite.

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. Beautyon‏ @Beautyon_ 1 Aug 2017
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        https://hackernoon.com/amber-rudd-is-wrong-about-encryption-b256a2fde989 …

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      1. Mark Cross  ⚡‏ @markcross 2 Aug 2017
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        @sarahwollaston it scares me government wants to makes terrorism worse. Amber doesn't think they will just use other end to end encryption?

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      1. Diego Casella‏ @polentino911 2 Aug 2017
        Replying to @aral

        Dropping 2e2 ecryption "because terrorists" is just like trying to ban knives because "lots of domestic crimes happens"... duhh

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      1. Craig Graham‏ @cwaig_graham 1 Aug 2017
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        Amber Rudd told to quietly where to stick it by Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter & YouTube 😂😂😂

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      1. D K‏ @kln_nurv 3 Aug 2017
        Replying to @aral

        @twitter @jack if u give in to UK/AU anti-crypto demands, Im switching to mastadon and urging everyone I know to switch too. Already quit FB

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      1. Arve Systad‏ @ArveSystad 3 Aug 2017
        Replying to @aral

        Heck, this is a neat collection of links.

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