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Daniel J. Bernstein (#djb, to those who know and love him [1]) has a new blog entry about the NIST post-quantum #cryptography standardization process that's been ongoing for some years. Also, follow him @djb .

If you're not aware of some of the controversy about how NIST is running this process, it's a must-read.

https://blog.cr.yp.to/20250423-mceliece.html

My $0.02: it sure looks like NIST is backstopping an attempt by the NSA to get everyone to standardize on cryptography #standards that the #NSA knows how to break.

Again.

Yes, they did it before. If you read up on the Dual_EC calamity and its fallout, and how this time it was supposed to be different - open, transparent, secure - then prepare to be disappointed. NIST is playing #Calvinball with their rules for this contest, yanking the rug out from under contenders that appear to be more #secure and better understood, while pushing alternatives that are objectively worse (#weaker encryption, less studied, poorer #performance).

Frankly, I think organizations outside of the #USA would be foolish to trust anything that comes out of #NIST's current work. Well, those inside the USA too, but some of those may be forced by law to use whatever NIST certifies.

[1] Some people think djb is "prickly", not lovable. Oddly, it seems that the only people who say this are those who are wildly incorrect about code/algorithms and are being gently but publicly corrected about by djb at the time

Let’s be honest: jobs don’t define us. Our #value isn’t tied to #productivity

#UBI isn’t about replacing #work — it’s about replacing fear. Fear of hunger, eviction, medical debt.

When people are #secure they #create #innovate and #thrive

A #BetterWorld isn’t just possible — it’s necessary.

@michal will be speaking tomorrow at @foss_north about how we became a #router manufacturer and how do we use #OpenSource to make our users more #secure. If you are in #Sweden and want to know more about what we do, come to the talk or find him at the event afterwards

Selhosted P2P E2EE File Transfer & Messaging PWA

* #OpenSource
* #CrossPlatform
* #PWA
* #iOS, #Android, #Desktop (self compile)
* App store, Play store (coming soon)
* Desktop
* #Windows, #MacOS, #Linux (self compile)
* run `index.html` on any modern #browser
* #Decentralized
* #Secure
* #NoCookies
* #P2P #encrypted
* No registration
* No installing
* #Messaging
* Group Messaging (coming soon)
* Text Messaging
* #Multimedia Messaging
* #Screensharing (on desktop browsers)
* Offline Messaging (in #research phase)
* #FileTransfer
* #VideoCalls
* #DataOwnership
* #SelfHosted
* GitHub pages Hosting
* #LocalOnly storage

Check it out!

https://positive-intentions.com

(Degoogled links to the apps)
- Chat: https://chat.positive-intentions.com
- File: https://file.positive-intentions.com
- GitHub: https://github.com/positive-intentions

WhatsApp Vulnerability could be used to infect Windows Users with Malware.

Meta warned Windows users to update the WhatsApp messaging app to the latest version to patch a vulnerability that can let attackers execute malicious code on their devices.

[CVE-2025-30401]

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https://www.whatsapp.com/security/advisories/2025/

#EU ministers push for joint defence fund to #secure a more self-reliant #Europe

#EU #UE #defence #sovereignty #politics #NATO

https://www.rfi.fr/en/international/20250407-eu-ministers-push-for-joint-defence-fund-to-secure-a-more-self-reliant-europe

#EU ministers push for joint defence fund to #secure a more self-reliant #Europe #EU #UE #defence #sovereignty #politics #NATO www.rfi.fr/en/internati...

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Did you know that #GNU/ #FSF has its own #darknet application and protocol stack?

What is #GNUnet?

GNUnet is an #alternative #network stack for building #secure, #decentralized and #privacy-preserving #distributed applications. Our goal is to replace the old insecure Internet protocol stack. Starting from an application for secure #publication of #files, it has grown to include all kinds of basic protocol components and applications towards the creation of a GNU internet.

Today, the actual use and thus the social requirements for a global network differs widely from those goals of 1970. While the Internet remains suitable for military use, where the network equipment is operated by a command hierarchy and when necessary isolated from the rest of the world, the situation is less tenable for civil society.

Due to fundamental Internet design choices, Internet traffic can be misdirected, intercepted, censored and manipulated by hostile routers on the network. And indeed, the modern Internet has evolved exactly to the point where, as Matthew Green put it, "the network is hostile".

We believe liberal societies need a #network #architecture that uses the #anti-authoritarian #decentralized #peer-to-peer paradigm and #privacy-preserving #cryptographic #protocols. The goal of the GNUnet project is to provide a Free Software realization of this ideal.

You want to know how saving US data of #science / #knowledge works? Example: @curatedjenny asks about a #Smithsonian podcast.

@lavaeolus with @SafeguardingResearch work hard: https://mastodon.online/@SafeguardingResearch@fedihum.org/114245681648466006 and #secure it: https://mastodon.online/@lavaeolus@fedihum.org/114247086021398297 Great work, follow them for more! @academicchatter

Giving #Tutamail a try. I currently have a Proton Pro account, and I really like them, just thinking about the 'all your eggs in one basket' argument. By the way, 'tutanota' is derived from Latin meaning, 'secure message'.
OK y'all, keep it breezy and lock your shit down. Later.
#encryption #secure #email #calendar #contacts

#porkbun has #email with @protonprivacy, really affordably. So I switched my business mail to that, and I have it all setup in #emacs! :D @daviwil is a goddamned treasure. I would not be able to setup my workflow this well without Systems Crafters! I'm happy! I feel so #secure and #cozy, and I can do #gpg for a little extra. Just don't let crazy Christians on my e-mail chains. I don't want to pull a Hegseth.

We are at #CLT2025 with our #OpenSource #secure #WiFi #router #Turris! If you are around, come to talk to us!

For purposes of "#secure communication", my #doctor's office has a web site that allows messaging. All I get by email is "hey, you have a message" and then I login and read it. Lots of places do this: banks, medical, government, etc. I sorta get it.

But on the other hand this web-based email interface is nowhere near as useful as, say, gmail or SOGo. I must go to each unread message, click it, click delete, over and over. No 'select all'. No 'mark all as read' or anything. So I see a screen like this, and I think: "welp, there's 70 mouse clicks I'm gonna have to do".

Note that one of them is "automated messages." They're things like appointment reminders. My doctor is pretty aggressive about reminding people about appointments. So they send multiple messages, even if you've already done their "eCheckin" thing. There's just no way to get out of these things.

And I feel like I need to keep this list clean, because if they send me something important, I want to be able to find it. I don't want 35 pointless, out-of-date messages clogging up my #medical patient portal.

Le sigh.

Euro-Stack

#European Industrial Policy bringing together tech, governance & funding for #Europe-focused investment to build & adopt suite of #digital #infrastructures

The vision is to sustain European entrepreneurship and competitiveness (a diverse ecosystem of businesses, SMEs, startups), create resilience, protect our autonomy and sovereignty in a volatile world, and empower the people and businesses of Europe.

https://euro-stackletter.eu/

"we find that participants who had access to an #AI assistant based on #OpenAI's codex-davinci-002 model wrote significantly less secure code than those without access. Additionally, participants with access to an AI assistant were more likely to believe they wrote #secure #code than those without access to the AI assistant. "

https://arxiv.org/abs/2211.03622

#thereIsNoAI in #security

Just a quick reminder to #boycottUSA #boycottAmerica and stop using their communicator applications like #Whatsapp or #Messenger. Use #European and #secure solutions like #Threema.

https://threema.ch/en