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DNKrupinski 🏴‍☠️Ich habe das Gefühl, jede:r Nutzer:in möchte eine Universalapp, die alles kann. Das man dann aber auch alles offen legt, wenn es eine solche <a href="https://hannover.town/tags/SuperApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SuperApp</a> gibt (siehe <a href="https://hannover.town/tags/WeChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WeChat</a> in China), scheint nicht klar zu sein oder ist einem egal. Hauptsache: bequem!

Jack Yan (甄爵恩)<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tencent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tencent</a> (owner of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Wechat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Wechat</a>) seems to be dodgy, hitting non-existent pages on Autocade—a lot. Blocking the relevant IPs but I wonder if I should block entire ranges or their ASN.

knoppix🇷🇺 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Russia</a> now forcing a state-run app (Max) onto every phone. Just a cute little combo of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#surveillance</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#censorship</a>, and “digital sovereignty” ☠️ It’s WeChat, but make it Putin.<a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/08/22/russia-orders-state-messaging-app-installed-on-all-phones/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/08/22/russia-orders-state-messaging-app-installed-on-all-phones/</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Russian</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MAX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MAX</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WeChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WeChat</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Putin</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Smartphone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Smartphone</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Chat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Chat</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Messaging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Messaging</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DigitalSovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DigitalSovereignty</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SurveillanceState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SurveillanceState</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DigitalRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DigitalRights</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PrivacyMatters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PrivacyMatters</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InternetFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#InternetFreedom</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TechNews</a>

IT NewsPutin Widens Effort to Control Russia’s Internet - The introduction of a state-approved messaging app has raised fears that Russia could be ... - <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/world/europe/russia-putin-internet.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/world/europe/russia-putin-internet.html</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/freedomofspeechandexpression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#freedomofspeechandexpression</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/computersandtheinternet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#computersandtheinternet</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/mobileapplications" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mobileapplications</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/wechat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wechat</a>(mobileapp) <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/instantmessaging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#instantmessaging</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/metaplatformsinc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#metaplatformsinc</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/putinvladimirv" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#putinvladimirv</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/instagraminc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#instagraminc</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#socialmedia</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/facebookinc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#facebookinc</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/telegramllc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#telegramllc</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/whatsappinc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#whatsappinc</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#censorship</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#russia</a>

Kevin Karhan :verified:For those who don't know the <a href="https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114862595629371002" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">size of the problem</a>:In 2006 I bought a new [entry level] Computer with 256 MB of RAM and a single-core P4 Celeron with 2,8 GHz.<ul><li>This thing ran <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WindowsXP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WindowsXP</a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NeedForSpeedMostWanted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NeedForSpeedMostWanted</a> just fine.</li><li>Nowadays it would crash trying to open <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Slack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Slack</a> even on a minimalist <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Linux</a> distro like <a href="https://linuxrocks.online/@bunsenlabs" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@bunsenlabs</a> in <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@dillo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@dillo</a>, a lightweight browser ...</li></ul>And now imagine that some folks have to use <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Slack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Slack</a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MicrosoftTeams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MicrosoftTeams</a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Telegram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Telegram</a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Signal</a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WhatApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WhatApp</a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WeChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WeChat</a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/QQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#QQ</a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LineMessenger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LineMessenger</a> at the same time on their machine, and you can imagine that this will make entry-level desktops already scream harder than if someone were to loop the Lost Coast benchmark on them...<ul><li>The <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/bloat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bloat</a> of modern <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WebApps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WebApps</a> is just the socially accepted equivalent to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Cryptojacking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Cryptojacking</a> desktops and driving some <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humvee" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">*phat</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SuperUselessVehicle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SuperUselessVehicle</a> just to get less than a kg of groceries at a walking distance supermarket.</li></ul>Everywhere else we'd not accept such a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/bloatware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bloatware</a> IRL. <ul><li>So why should we accept <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/obscene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#obscene</a>|ly <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WastefulComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WastefulComputing</a>*?</li></ul>

Marcel SIneM(S)US<a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/DSGVO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DSGVO</a>-Auskunftsrecht: <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Noyb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Noyb</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@noybeu" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@noybeu</a> beschwert sich über <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/AliExpress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AliExpress</a>, <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/TikTok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TikTok</a> und <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/WeChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WeChat</a> | heise online <a href="https://www.heise.de/news/DSGVO-Auskunftsrecht-Noyb-beschwert-sich-ueber-AliExpress-TikTok-und-WeChat-10491816.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.heise.de/news/DSGVO-Auskunftsrecht-Noyb-beschwert-sich-ueber-AliExpress-TikTok-und-WeChat-10491816.html</a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/GDPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GDPR</a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Datenschutz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Datenschutz</a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#privacy</a>

Miguel Afonso Caetano"Today, noyb has filed GDPR complaints against AliExpress, TikTok and WeChat. All three tech companies have failed to comply with access requests under Article 15 GDPR. This makes it impossible for European users to exercise their fundamental right to privacy, to find out how their personal data is being processed – and if the companies actually comply with other GDPR provisions, for example regarding data transfers. EU law usually allows users to get a full copy of their data."<a href="https://noyb.eu/en/how-tiktok-aliexpress-wechat-ignore-your-gdpr-rights" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://noyb.eu/en/how-tiktok-aliexpress-wechat-ignore-your-gdpr-rights</a><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EU</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#China</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/DataProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DataProtection</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/GDPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GDPR</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Privacy</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/TikTok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TikTok</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/AliExpress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AliExpress</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/WeChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WeChat</a>

Glyn Moody<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/noyb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#noyb</a> has filed <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GDPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GDPR</a> complaints against <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AliExpress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AliExpress</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TikTok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TikTok</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WeChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WeChat</a>. All three tech companies have failed to comply with access requests under Article 15 GDPR. - <a href="https://noyb.eu/en/how-tiktok-aliexpress-wechat-ignore-your-gdpr-rights" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://noyb.eu/en/how-tiktok-aliexpress-wechat-ignore-your-gdpr-rights</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/china" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#china</a>

Cyb3r1c 🇧🇪 ☠️<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ta%C3%AFwan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Taïwan</a> publie une alerte majeure : plusieurs <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Applications" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Applications</a> chinoises siphonnent massivement vos <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Donn%C3%A9esPersonnelles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DonnéesPersonnelles</a> et les transfèrent vers la <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Chine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Chine</a>. Aucune n’est conforme aux exigences minimales de <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/S%C3%A9curit%C3%A9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Sécurité</a>!<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Confidentialit%C3%A9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Confidentialité</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ViePriv%C3%A9e" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ViePrivée</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Surveillance</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Espionnage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Espionnage</a> #<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/REDnote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#REDnote</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Weibo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Weibo</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TikTok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TikTok</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WeChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WeChat</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BaiduCloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BaiduCloud</a><a href="https://thehackernews.com/2025/07/taiwan-nsb-alerts-public-on-data-risks.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://thehackernews.com/2025/07/taiwan-nsb-alerts-public-on-data-risks.html</a>

Bytes EuropeThe Chinese migrants turning their UK homes into Temu and Shein warehouses <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/1150099/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.byteseu.com/1150099/</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AliExpress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AliExpress</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#amazon</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Beijing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Beijing</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Britain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Britain</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#China</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ChineseExporters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ChineseExporters</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EmilyYin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EmilyYin</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EricHe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EricHe</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/France" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#France</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/gloucester" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gloucester</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GreatBritain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GreatBritain</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/KevinZhang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KevinZhang</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/london" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#london</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/rednote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rednote</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Shein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Shein</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Temu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Temu</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TikTok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TikTok</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UK</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UnitedKingdom</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#US</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/WeChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WeChat</a>

YongZS永値生 :misskey: :paricafelogo:微信的AI，至於這麼敏感嗎？:A_BlobCat_GlareZoom: 就因爲有「追求民主，反對獨裁」和「和平請願」，連馬敘倫的信息都要屏蔽？ 太可笑了！你在怕什麼？:BlobCat_Clown: WeChat's AI, does it really need to be this sensitive? :A_BlobCat_GlareZoom: Just because of phrases like “pursuing democracy and opposing dictatorship” and “peaceful petition”, even information about Ma Xu-lun is being blocked? So ridiculous! What are you afraid of? :BlobCat_Clown: <a href="https://pari.cafe/tags/china" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#china</a> <a href="https://pari.cafe/tags/wechat" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wechat</a> <a href="https://pari.cafe/tags/ai" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ai</a> <a href="https://pari.cafe/tags/artificialintelligence" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#artificialintelligence</a> <a href="https://pari.cafe/tags/chinese" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#chinese</a> <a href="https://pari.cafe/tags/censorship" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#censorship</a> <a href="https://pari.cafe/tags/censor" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#censor</a> <a href="https://pari.cafe/tags/blocked" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#blocked</a> <a href="https://pari.cafe/tags/democracy" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#democracy</a> <a href="https://pari.cafe/tags/dictatorship" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dictatorship</a> <a href="https://pari.cafe/tags/petition" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#petition</a> <a href="https://pari.cafe/tags/中國" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#中國</a> <a href="https://pari.cafe/tags/人工智能" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#人工智能</a> <a href="https://pari.cafe/tags/人工智慧" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#人工智慧</a> <a href="https://pari.cafe/tags/中国" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#中国</a> <a href="https://pari.cafe/tags/中国式叙事" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#中国式叙事</a> <a href="https://pari.cafe/tags/微信" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#微信</a> <a href="https://pari.cafe/tags/審查" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#審查</a> <a href="https://pari.cafe/tags/屏蔽词" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#屏蔽词</a> <a href="https://pari.cafe/tags/审查" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#审查</a> <a href="https://pari.cafe/tags/中國特色" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#中國特色</a> <a href="https://pari.cafe/tags/中国特色" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#中国特色</a> <a href="https://pari.cafe/tags/民进" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#民进</a> <a href="https://pari.cafe/tags/民進" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#民進</a> <a href="https://pari.cafe/tags/民主" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#民主</a> <a href="https://pari.cafe/tags/獨裁" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#獨裁</a> <a href="https://pari.cafe/tags/独裁" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#独裁</a> <a href="https://pari.cafe/tags/請願" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#請願</a> <a href="https://pari.cafe/tags/请愿" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#请愿</a>

Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://muenster.im/@ejim" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@ejim</a> <a href="https://bonn.social/@ulrichkelber" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@ulrichkelber</a> das macht zentralisierte Lösungen egal ob <a href="https://mastodon.world/@signalapp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@signalapp</a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Signal</a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WhatsApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WhatsApp</a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Telegram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Telegram</a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WeChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WeChat</a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/QQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#QQ</a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Line" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Line</a>, etc. nicht weniger falsch!<ul><li>Wer <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NSAbook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NSAbook</a> nutzt hat diebKontrolle über seine Daten bedingungslos aufgegeben!</li></ul><a href="https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114695916503728029" translate="no" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114695916503728029</a>

Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://mastodon.social/@derekmorr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@derekmorr</a> <blockquote>Let it go, already. No one uses MobileCoin. You can’t even find an exchange to buy it.</blockquote>Then why does <a href="https://mastodon.world/@signalapp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@signalapp</a> still have that shit in it? <a href="https://mastodon.world/@Mer__edith" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@Mer__edith</a> could've pulled that <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Shitcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Shitcoin</a> yet refuses to do do!<blockquote>The Cloud Act is a non-issue. Signal doesn’t have data on users, so they can’t be forced to disclose it.</blockquote>That's literally wrong!<ul><li><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Signal</a> not only collects <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PII</a> in the form of a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PhoneNumher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PhoneNumher</a> but explicitly is able and willing to use that to dsicriminate against users and restrict app functionality based off their presumed juristiction. There is no "legitimate interest" for.doing so nor any legal mandate to do so (unless we excuse the ehole <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MobileCoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MobileCoin</a>-<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Scam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Scam</a>!)</li></ul><blockquote>It’s been 30 years, and no one uses xmpp. Let it go.</blockquote>Wrong again. Otherwise there wouldn't be thriving ecosystems and Apps to this day. It's just that corporate shills refuse to acknowledge that Signal - like all centralized, proprietary, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SingleVendor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SingleVendor</a> and/or <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SingleProvider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SingleProvider</a> kessengers before and after - will inevitably die as their business model is not sustainable. Sake with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ICQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ICQ</a> really. The only exceptions are those that abolish <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#privacy</a> for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/profit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#profit</a>, integrate actually working payments or sellout to a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/cyberfacist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cyberfacist</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#government</a> (all those apply to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WeChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WeChat</a>!)<blockquote>It’s shocking that people who claim to care about security and privacy push niche apps with terrible UX and no PFS like Delta or XMPP instead of the only private messenger with any real market share, Signal.</blockquote>You know what's shocking to me: People who are unable or rather unwilling.to acknowledge that Signal is garbage and it's requirement for a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PhoneNumber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PhoneNumber</a> kills any <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#privacy</a> benefits it may have on paper by virtue of being at best pseudonymous (assuming the userd don't live in a juristiction that demands "<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/KYC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KYC</a>" for even prepaid <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SIM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SIM</a> cards (ime. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Germany</a>) or god forbid even <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IMEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IMEI</a>|s (i.e. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Turkey</a> has a literal allowlist that'll kick any device off it's MNOs after 90 days within 365 days.<ul><li>The <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/UScentric" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UScentric</a> approach to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#privacy</a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/threats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#threats</a> makes Signal absolutely useless in many cases, and I do speak here from experience. </li></ul>I'd rather help people onboard <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/XMPP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#XMPP</a>+<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OMEMO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OMEMO</a> like <a href="https://monocles.social/@monocles" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@monocles</a> and/or <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@gajim" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@gajim</a> or <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PGP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PGP</a>/MIME like <a href="https://chaos.social/@delta" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@delta</a> & <a href="https://mastodon.online/@thunderbird" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@thunderbird</a> (incl. setting them up with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Orbot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Orbot</a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TorBrowserBundle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TorBrowserBundle</a> / <a href="https://venera.social/profile/tails_live" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@tails_live</a> so their traffic gets through <a href="https://mastodon.social/@torproject" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@torproject</a> and doesn't provide any useable IP addresses. <ul><li>I've literally been there and done that!</li></ul>As for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Sustainability</a>, providers like <a href="https://monocles.eu" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://monocles.eu</a> finance themselves by subscriptions (starting at €2 p.m.) which people can pay fully anonymous using <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CashByMail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CashByMail</a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Monero" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Monero</a> on top of common payment methods (i.e. SEPA wire transfer)...<ul><li>So even if you think "<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/monocles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#monocles</a> is a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/honeypot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#honeypot</a>" that is mitigateable ciz unlike with Signal you can choose your own client, choose a different provider & exervise self-custody of all tue keys!</li></ul>

Bytes EuropeHow Russian Spies Are Analyzing Data From China’s WeChat App <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/1091177/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.byteseu.com/1091177/</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#China</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ComputerSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ComputerSecurity</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EspionageAndIntelligenceServices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EspionageAndIntelligenceServices</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/FederalSecurityService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FederalSecurityService</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/InstantMessaging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#InstantMessaging</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MobileApplications" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MobileApplications</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Putin</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Russia</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SurveillanceOfCitizensByGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SurveillanceOfCitizensByGovernment</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/VladimirV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VladimirV</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/WeChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WeChat</a>(MobileApp)

The Japan TimesRussian counterintelligence agents are analyzing data from the popular Chinese messaging and social media app WeChat to monitor people who might be in contact with Chinese spies. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/09/world/politics/russian-intelligence-wechat-data/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/09/world/politics/russian-intelligence-wechat-data/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/worldnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#worldnews</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wechat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wechat</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/china" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#china</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#russia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#socialmedia</a>

Hanse MinaRussian counterintelligence agents are analyzing data from the popular Chinese messaging and social media app <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WeChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WeChat</a> to monitor people who might be in contact with Chinese spies, according to a Russian intelligence document obtained by The New York Times.<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/07/world/europe/russia-china-wechat-spying.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/07/world/europe/russia-china-wechat-spying.html</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ukraine</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Russia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#China</a>

Bytes EuropeRussian Spies Are Suspicious of China, Even as Putin and Xi Grow Close <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/1082992/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.byteseu.com/1082992/</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#China</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EspionageAndIntelligenceServices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EspionageAndIntelligenceServices</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/FederalSecurityService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FederalSecurityService</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/InternationalRelations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#InternationalRelations</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Putin</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Russia</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TerritorialDisputes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TerritorialDisputes</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/VladimirV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VladimirV</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/WeChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WeChat</a>(MobileApp) <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/XiJinping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#XiJinping</a>

Merle Meyerdierks<a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23TeleMessage" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TeleMessage</a>, der obskure Anbieter, der Nachrichten von <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23WhatsApp" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WhatsApp</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Signal" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Signal</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23SMS" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SMS</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23SGNL" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SGNL</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23WeChat" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WeChat</a> und auch <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Telegram" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Telegram</a> archivierte hat KEINE Nachrichten von <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Threema" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Threema</a> abgreifen können! Soviel also zur "Sicherheit" von US <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Messenger" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Messenger</a>.... <a href="https://micahflee.com/telemessage-customers-include-dc-police-andreesen-horowitz-jp-morgan-and-hundreds-more/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">micahflee.com/telemessage-...</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Datenschutz" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Datenschutz</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23MetaAI" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MetaAI</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Privatsph%C3%A4re" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Privatsphäre</a>

Merle Meyerdierks"Der anonyme Täter stahl daraufhin Kundendaten und Chatverläufe aus modifizierten Klonen von <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Signal" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Signal</a>, aber auch <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23WhatsApp" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WhatsApp</a>, <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Telegram" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Telegram</a> und <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23WeChat" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WeChat</a>." Hatte ich schon mal gesagt, dass nichts über das wirklich sichere <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Threema" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Threema</a> geht? <a href="https://www.security-incidents.de/sicherheitsvorfaelle/sicherheitsvorfall-telemessage-IL-9342.php" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.security-incidents.de/sicherheitsv...</a> <a href="https://www.security-incidents.de/sicherheitsvorfaelle/sicherheitsvorfall-telemessage-IL-9342.php" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">TeleMessage: Sicherheitsvorfal...</a>

Tom Fichtner家人同事還離不開 LINE，有些朋友只能靠 IG 私訊才能聯絡，甚至還有人在台灣彼此用 WeChat 聊天？把這篇快速懶人包傳給他們，說明為何開源通訊 App 才是真正長久安心的選擇。<a href="https://www.tomfichtner.com/article/zh/liu-ge-lianluo-fangshi-ba/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.tomfichtner.com/article/zh/liu-ge-lianluo-fangshi-ba/</a><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#opensource</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/e2ee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#e2ee</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#signal</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fediverse</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/whatsapp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#whatsapp</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/telegram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#telegram</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/instagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#instagram</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#facebook</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#meta</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/boycottmeta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#boycottmeta</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/line" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#line</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/wechat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wechat</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/%E9%9A%B1%E7%A7%81" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#隱私</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/%E9%96%8B%E6%BA%90" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#開源</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/%E5%8A%A0%E5%AF%86" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#加密</a>

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