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Heals :heart_nb:<p>Can websites please stop to default to send me a one-time code via email?</p><p>I’m not sure who thought it’s a nice feature but it’s way less secure than my login with email + password + 2FA token would be simply because all you need to do now is somehow get my email login.. </p><p><a href="https://indiepocalypse.social/tags/2fa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>2fa</span></a> <a href="https://indiepocalypse.social/tags/login" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>login</span></a> <a href="https://indiepocalypse.social/tags/authentication" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authentication</span></a> <a href="https://indiepocalypse.social/tags/ITSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ITSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://indiepocalypse.social/tags/itSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>itSec</span></a> <a href="https://indiepocalypse.social/tags/healsRants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>healsRants</span></a></p>
defnull<p>Yearly reminder that <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/malware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>malware</span></a> on <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> can just shutdown <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/ClamAV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClamAV</span></a> before downloading payload to avoid real-time detection, and <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/cisco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cisco</span></a> does not think this is a problem.</p><p><a href="https://github.com/Cisco-Talos/clamav/issues/1169" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/Cisco-Talos/clamav/</span><span class="invisible">issues/1169</span></a></p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/itsec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>itsec</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infosec</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>foss</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@dzwiedziu" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>dzwiedziu</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@fj" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fj</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@signalapp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>signalapp</span></a></span> not really, as the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Metadata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Metadata</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FUD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FUD</span></a> cited by <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Signal</span></a> is mitigateable with proper measures.</p><ul><li>You can't even run Signal over <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@torproject" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>torproject</span></a></span> and even if that point is moot when you're forced to quasi-<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/KYC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KYC</span></a> by virtue of a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PhoneNumber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PhoneNumber</span></a> aka. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PII</span></a> they have neither legitimate interest nor technical reason to demand in the first place!</li></ul><p>Every claim that things like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ITsec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ITsec</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpSec</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ComSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ComSec</span></a> can be solved with <em>"Just use Signal!"</em> is <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechPopulism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechPopulism</span></a>"</em> at best if not being a <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/UsefulIdiot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UsefulIdiot</span></a>"</em>!</p><ul><li>All <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/centralized" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>centralized</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SingleVendor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SingleVendor</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SingleProbider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SingleProbider</span></a> systems are inherently insecure!</li></ul><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EOD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EOD</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/thxbye" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thxbye</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/next" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>next</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>Seriously, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Signal</span></a> fans are just <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/cultists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cultists</span></a> who are unwilling to even consider the possibility that <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@signalapp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>signalapp</span></a></span> as a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VCmoneyBurningParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VCmoneyBurningParty</span></a> isn't sustainable or that <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@Mer__edith" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Mer__edith</span></a></span> and her predecessor, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Shitcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Shitcoin</span></a>-<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Scam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scam</span></a> - shilling <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CryptoBro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CryptoBro</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Moxie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Moxie</span></a> ain't their best friends and would happily <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210606070919/twitter.com/thegrugq/status/1085614812581715968" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">risk jail for them</a>.</p><ul><li>I may sound like <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_B%C3%BChler_(Kaufmann)" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Hans Bühler</a> at this point, but <a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=tJoO2uWrX1M" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Signal has a stench</a> that is very much reminiscent of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AN%C3%98M" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ANØM</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CryptoAG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CryptoAG</span></a>!</li></ul><p>I <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ToldYaSo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToldYaSo</span></a> and when the evidence is there, I do expect public apologies from every single one of you shills that <a href="https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/111968251463697943" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">live</a> on a <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TrustMeBro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrustMeBro</span></a>!"</em> mentality believing every <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1thc5DSHwA" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">advertising lie</a>!</p><ul><li>Teach kids proper <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechLiteracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechLiteracy</span></a> instead and <em>get gud</em> at it. Do a <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.earth/@cryptoparty" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>cryptoparty@mastodon.earth</span></a></span> / <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@cryptoparty" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>cryptoparty@chaos.social</span></a></span> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CryptoParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CryptoParty</span></a> and use <em>real <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/E2EE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>E2EE</span></a></em> like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PGP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PGP</span></a>/MIME &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/XMPP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>XMPP</span></a>+<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OMEMO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OMEMO</span></a> FFS!</li></ul><p>If Signal was actually secure, it would be used by <a href="https://archive.org/details/darknet_drug_lord" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">every</a> <a href="https://pastebin.com/GrV3uYh5" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">single</a> <em>"Darknet Drug Lord"</em>! </p><ul><li>But guess why they'd rather <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdab4T_CoN8" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">teach</a> stuff like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OfflinePGP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OfflinePGP</span></a> method instead?</li></ul><p>Because <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ComSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ComSec</span></a> requires <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpSec</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ITsec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ITsec</span></a>!</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@Andromxda" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Andromxda</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@mollyim" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mollyim</span></a></span> no it's not bs and fanboying <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@signalapp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>signalapp</span></a></span> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJoO2uWrX1M" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">isn't going to change that</a>.</p><p>If <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Signal</span></a> was secure it would be the #1 comms tool of organized crime...</p><ul><li>Yet I've only seen <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechIlliterates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechIlliterates</span></a> shill it.</li></ul><p>Real professionals use <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SelfHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SelfHosting</span></a> capable, fully <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FLOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FLOSS</span></a>'d solutions like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PGP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PGP</span></a>/MIME &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/XMPP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>XMPP</span></a>+<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OMEMO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OMEMO</span></a>.</p><ul><li>Again: Demanding <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PII</span></a> like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PhoneNumbers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PhoneNumbers</span></a> and shilling a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Shitcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Shitcoin</span></a>-<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Scam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scam</span></a> (<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MobileCoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MobileCoin</span></a>) makes Signal literally untrustworthy and if it doesn't for you then maybe your standards are just too low... </li></ul><p>It's just me reading the room: Cuz <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ComSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ComSec</span></a> isn't done woth <em>"JuSt UsE sIgNaL!"</em> and everyone who claims so without pointing out <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpSec</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ITsec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ITsec</span></a> is BSing hard.</p><ul><li>The cold hard truth is that <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechLiteracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechLiteracy</span></a> is irreplaceable and the only solution to it is to actually teach normies how to <em>"get gud"</em> with stuff like PGP.</li></ul><p>Fortunatelty, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@thunderbird" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>thunderbird</span></a></span> and <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://venera.social/profile/tails_live" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>tails_live</span></a></span> / <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@tails" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>tails</span></a></span> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tails" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tails</span></a> and many other tools make that easier than ever before.</p><ul><li>So rather than <a href="https://infosec.exchange/@Andromxda/114232871558517461" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">vomiting insults against my intellect in my mentions</a>, go to the next <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.earth/@cryptoparty" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>cryptoparty@mastodon.earth</span></a></span> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Cryptoparty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cryptoparty</span></a> / <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@cryptoparty" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>cryptoparty@chaos.social</span></a></span> and lend a hand.</li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@maldr0id" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>maldr0id</span></a></span> it's called <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ComSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ComSec</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpSec</span></a>.</p><ul><li>Without it <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ITsec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ITsec</span></a> is nonexistant.</li></ul><p>Not to mention people got jailed for far less shite!</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://rubber.social/@crazy_pony" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>crazy_pony</span></a></span> when <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@signalapp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>signalapp</span></a></span> isn't being run as a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VCMoneyBurningParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VCMoneyBurningParty</span></a> and they take <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpSec</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ComSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ComSec</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ITsec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ITsec</span></a> serious and stop shilling the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Shitcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Shitcoin</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Scams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scams</span></a> that is <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MobileCoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MobileCoin</span></a>!</p><p>For everyone else, there's <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/XMPP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>XMPP</span></a>+<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OMEMO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OMEMO</span></a> (see <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://monocles.social/@monocles" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>monocles</span></a></span> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/monoclesChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>monoclesChat</span></a>) &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PGO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PGO</span></a>/MIME (see <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@delta" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>delta</span></a></span> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/deltaChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deltaChat</span></a>)…</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@osman" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>osman</span></a></span> If your <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpSec</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ComSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ComSec</span></a> and/or <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ITsec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ITsec</span></a> relies on <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@signalapp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>signalapp</span></a></span> and/or <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@Mer__edith" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Mer__edith</span></a></span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210908180219/https://twitter.com/thegrugq/status/1085614812581715968" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">risking jail <em>or worse</em></a>, you fucked up!</p><ul><li>If <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Signal</span></a> was secure, it would've been shutdown like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EncroChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EncroChat</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SkyECC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SkyECC</span></a>. </li></ul><p>Seriously, to me <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Signal</span></a> stenches <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Honeypot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Honeypot</span></a> like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AN%C3%98M" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ANØM</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CryptoAG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CryptoAG</span></a>. </p><ul><li>All Signal fans do is <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FUD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FUD</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PGP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PGP</span></a>/MIME and#XMPP+<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OMEMO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OMEMO</span></a> which are truly <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/decentralized" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>decentralized</span></a> and allow real <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SelfHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SelfHosting</span></a> as well as <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SelfCustody" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SelfCustody</span></a> for complete control of all the data and keys...</li></ul><p>That's why I get people setup with it!</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@charlesmok" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>charlesmok</span></a></span> no, it's just a sign of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/incompetence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>incompetence</span></a> re: <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpSec</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ComSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ComSec</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ITsec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ITsec</span></a> as this is a <em>criminally gross violation</em> of standards that even <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/POTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>POTUS</span></a> has to abide to.</p><ul><li>There's a reason the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MILINTEL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MILINTEL</span></a> have half a dozen different <em>"secure networks"</em> for comms ranging from unclassified to top-secret+nofor!</li></ul><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> should've been forced to hand over his personal devices at entry of the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SCIF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCIF</span></a> this was sent from and only allowed on sanctioned and certified systems with vetted contacts only as pre-appointed who themselves are in a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensitive_compartmented_information_facility" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">SCIF</a></p><ul><li>This is such a huge <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpSec</span></a> failure, it makes <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WarThunderForumsLeaks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WarThunderForumsLeaks</span></a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Thunder#Classified_document_leaks" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">look</a> like a minor indiscretion by comparison.</li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@imnotafeline" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>imnotafeline</span></a></span> Yeah, similarly weird how <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechIlliterates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechIlliterates</span></a> can lead <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ITsec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ITsec</span></a> regulators and investigation units...</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@hudelwick" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>hudelwick</span></a></span> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CloudAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CloudAct</span></a> macht 99,99% aller <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Cloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cloud</span></a>-Anbieter illegal nach <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DSGVO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DSGVO</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BDSG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BDSG</span></a>!</p><ul><li><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@noybeu" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>noybeu</span></a></span> et.al. hatten jediglich noch keine Zeit dagegen erfolgreich zu klagen!</li></ul><p><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/CLOUD_Act" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">de.wikipedia.org/wiki/CLOUD_Act</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NotLegalAdvice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NotLegalAdvice</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Datenschutz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Datenschutz</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ITsec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ITsec</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpSec</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ComSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ComSec</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://zeroes.ca/@StaceyCornelius" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>StaceyCornelius</span></a></span> In the past I did configure seperate systems for clients so they can travel without fuss regardless if <em>"P.R."</em> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> or <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> or the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> or <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/KSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KSA</span></a>...</p><ul><li>The trick is to never have anything on your device and have a dedicaded burner!</li></ul><p>Using <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://venera.social/profile/tails_live" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>tails_live</span></a></span> / <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@tails" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>tails</span></a></span> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tails" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tails</span></a> and <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@torproject" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>torproject</span></a></span> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TorBrowser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TorBrowser</span></a> and when that's not an option, a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SSH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSH</span></a>-Tunnel / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpenVPN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenVPN</span></a> or <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WireGuard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WireGuard</span></a>-<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VPN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VPN</span></a> to be able to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VNC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VNC</span></a> into a machine.</p><ul><li>Remember: They can only extract data that was saved on a machine!</li></ul><p>CONSIDER THE <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> ENEMY TERRITORY AS IN <em>"If you wouldn't enter <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NorthKorea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthKorea</span></a>, then why would you enter the USA?"</em></p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Cyberfacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cyberfacism</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Facism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Facism</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ITsec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ITsec</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpSec</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ComSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ComSec</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://gay-pirate-assassins.de/@moanos" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>moanos</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@halfredgreenapple" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>halfredgreenapple</span></a></span> So yeah, use <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tails" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tails</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TorBrowser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TorBrowser</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PGO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PGO</span></a>/MIME, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@delta" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>delta</span></a></span> and espechally <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://monocles.social/@monocles" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>monocles</span></a></span> and if you follow basic <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ITsec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ITsec</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a> ,<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpSec</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ComSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ComSec</span></a> you should be golden...</p>
𝕂𝚞𝚋𝚒𝚔ℙ𝚒𝚡𝚎𝚕<p>»Facial Recognition Company Clearview Attempted to Buy Social Security Numbers and Mugshots for its Database:<br>Clearview AI spent nearly a million dollars in a bid to purchase “690 million arrest records and 390 million arrest photos” from all 50 states, court records reveal.«</p><p>What does this have to do with intelligence if the dasts are clearly clearly visible? (just a retired question.)</p><p>😬 <a href="https://www.404media.co/facial-recognition-company-clearview-attempted-to-buy-social-security-numbers-and-mugshots-for-its-database/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">404media.co/facial-recognition</span><span class="invisible">-company-clearview-attempted-to-buy-social-security-numbers-and-mugshots-for-its-database/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/mugshots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mugshots</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/database" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>database</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/clearview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>clearview</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/itsec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>itsec</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/facerecognition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>facerecognition</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/database" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>database</span></a></p>
𝕂𝚞𝚋𝚒𝚔ℙ𝚒𝚡𝚎𝚕<p>🧵 …wie schon oben im Toot hingewiesen, sind CAPTCHAs veraltet und sind ohne weiters technisch umgeh- so wie hackbar und wird trotz allem immer noch zu oft eingesetzt.</p><p>»Interview – Warum traditionelle Bild-Captchas verschwinden sollten:<br>Anfang März hatte das BSI vor Fake-Captcha gewarnt. Worauf man achten sollte, erklärt Benedict Padberg von Friendly Captcha.«</p><p>🔓 <a href="https://www.heise.de/hintergrund/Interview-Warum-traditionelle-Bild-Captchas-verschwinden-sollten-10323101.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">heise.de/hintergrund/Interview</span><span class="invisible">-Warum-traditionelle-Bild-Captchas-verschwinden-sollten-10323101.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/captcha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>captcha</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/online" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>online</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/login" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>login</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/bsi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bsi</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/fake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fake</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/web" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>web</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/chechbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chechbox</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/captcha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>captcha</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/cyberangriff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cyberangriff</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/itsec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>itsec</span></a></p>
𝕂𝚞𝚋𝚒𝚔ℙ𝚒𝚡𝚎𝚕<p>The game does not start now but this new player is there:</p><p>»Cloudflare builds an AI to make life hell for other AIs.<br>Slop-making machine will feed unauthorized scrapers what they so richly deserve, hopefully without poisoning the internet«</p><p>😈 <a href="https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/21/cloudflare_ai_labyrinth/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theregister.com/2025/03/21/clo</span><span class="invisible">udflare_ai_labyrinth/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/cloudflare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cloudflare</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/lifehell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lifehell</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/life" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>life</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/hell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hell</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/web" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>web</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>internet</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/poisoning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poisoning</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/hopeful" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hopeful</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/itsec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>itsec</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.notjustbikes.com/@notjustbikes" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>notjustbikes</span></a></span> <em>precisely!</em></p><p>Only <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpenStandards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenStandards</span></a> can yield <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MultiVendor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MultiVendor</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MultiProvider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MultiProvider</span></a> systems necessary to prevent <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/monopolies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>monopolies</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/oligopolies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligopolies</span></a> and enshure <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ITsec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ITsec</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpSec</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ComSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ComSec</span></a>, thus being able to comply with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NatSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NatSec</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IntlSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IntlSec</span></a> demands.</p><p>Guess why <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NORAD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NORAD</span></a> runs <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BusyBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BusyBox</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a>? </p><ul><li>Because they demand <em>every single line of code</em> to be <em>audited MANUALLY!</em></li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://gay-pirate-assassins.de/@moanos" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>moanos</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@halfredgreenapple" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>halfredgreenapple</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://linuxmom.net/@vkc" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>vkc</span></a></span> <em>precisely that</em>...</p><ul><li>Not to mention distros like <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://venera.social/profile/tails_live" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>tails_live</span></a></span> / <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@tails" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>tails</span></a></span> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tails" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tails</span></a> come pre-setup to deal with a hostile envoirment...</li></ul><p>OFC trying to condense <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ITsec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ITsec</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpSec</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ComSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ComSec</span></a> down to &lt;11k (or god forbid &lt;500) letters counting spaces is not realistic.</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Sturmflut" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Sturmflut</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@fabiscafe" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fabiscafe</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://linuxmom.net/@vkc" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>vkc</span></a></span> </p><p>Or to put it more on the nose: You can be certain that i.e. <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@Mer__edith" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Mer__edith</span></a></span> of <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@signalapp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>signalapp</span></a></span> will talk cuz she <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210908180219/https://twitter.com/thegrugq/status/1085614812581715968" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">can't <em>pull the 5th</em> on behalf of a user</a> and won't go to jail for any of them.</p><p>Whereas if i.e. <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://monocles.social/@monocles" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>monocles</span></a></span> (or any <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/XMPP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>XMPP</span></a> provider) got sent an order (and just like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Signal</span></a> they'd comply if done so duely through legal channels, which is way harder in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a> than the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> cuz <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GDPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GDPR</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BDSG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BDSG</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LawfulInterception" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LawfulInterception</span></a> being way stricter than <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CloudAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CloudAct</span></a>), if users used <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OMEMO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OMEMO</span></a> or <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PGP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PGP</span></a>/MIME, they (or any other provider) literally can't decrypt even when held at gunpoint, because asymetric public-private cryptography was literally designed to not be breakable unless someone managed to MITM comms from the first contact <em>and</em> any verification.</p><ul><li>Which is unlikely to impossible unless one's able to literally isolate and manipulate all comms and means to communicate of at least one party, at which point they'd already have warrants to search everything and don't even bother to try MITMing comms but instead kick in doors.</li></ul><p>But that's a totally different subject of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpSec</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a>, not <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ComSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ComSec</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ITsec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ITsec</span></a> on it's own...</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.linux.pizza/@galaxydinodragon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>galaxydinodragon</span></a></span> there's a reason the french <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GendarmerieNationale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GendarmerieNationale</span></a> spuns tueir own <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/UbuntuLTS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UbuntuLTS</span></a> derivative...</p><ul><li>Most importantly <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ITsec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ITsec</span></a> = <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NatSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NatSec</span></a>!</li></ul><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GendBuntu" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GendBuntu</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>