encryption, india, Meta, privacy, Security technology, Uncategorized, whatsapp
Meta has threatened to pull WhatsApp out of India if the courts try to force it to break its end-to-end encryption. Powered by WPeMatico
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facebook, interviews, metadata, privacy, Security technology, signal, Uncategorized, whatsapp
Long and interesting interview with Signal’s new president, Meredith Whittaker: WhatsApp uses the Signal encryption protocol to provide encryption for its messages. That was absolutely a visionary choice that Brian and his team led back in the day - and big props to them for doing that. But you can’t just look at that and … Read More “Interview with Signal’s New President” »
dns, facebook, internet, Security technology, Uncategorized, whatsapp
Facebook — along with Instagram and WhatsApp — went down globally today. Basically, someone deleted their BGP records, which made their DNS fall apart. …at approximately 11:39 a.m. ET today (15:39 UTC), someone at Facebook caused an update to be made to the company’s Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) records. BGP is a mechanism by which … Read More “Facebook Is Down” »
cell phones, Security technology, SIM cards, smartphones, Uncategorized, whatsapp
Isracard used a single cell phone to communicate with credit card clients, and receive documents via WhatsApp. An employee stole the phone. He reformatted the SIM, which was oddly the best possible outcome, given the circumstances. Using the data to steal money would have been much worse. Here’s a link to an archived version. Powered … Read More “Security Risks of Relying on a Single Smartphone” »
activism, cyberattack, cyberweapons, facebook, hacking, Security technology, spyware, whatsapp
WhatsApp is suing the Israeli cyberweapons arms manufacturer NSO Group in California court: WhatsApp’s lawsuit, filed in a California court on Tuesday, has demanded a permanent injunction blocking NSO from attempting to access WhatsApp computer systems and those of its parent company, Facebook. It has also asked the court to rule that NSO violated US … Read More “WhatsApp Sues NSO Group” »
artificialintelligence, backdoors, facebook, privacy, Security technology, whatsapp
Yesterday, I blogged about a Facebook plan to backdoor WhatsApp by adding client-side scanning and filtering. It seems that I was wrong, and there are no such plans. The only source for that post was a Forbes essay by Kalev Leetaru, which links to a previous Forbes essay by him, which links to a video … Read More “More on Backdooring (or Not) WhatsApp” »
backdoors, encryption, facebook, Security technology, whatsapp
This article points out that Facebook’s planned content moderation scheme will result in an encryption backdoor into WhatsApp: In Facebook’s vision, the actual end-to-end encryption client itself such as WhatsApp will include embedded content moderation and blacklist filtering algorithms. These algorithms will be continually updated from a central cloud service, but will run locally on … Read More “Facebook Plans on Backdooring WhatsApp” »
attribution, exploits, patching, Security technology, vulnerabilities, whatsapp
WhatsApp fixed a devastating vulnerability that allowed someone to remotely hack a phone by initiating a WhatsApp voice call. The recipient didn’t even have to answer the call. The Israeli cyber-arms manufacturer NSO Group is believed to be behind the exploit, but of course there is no definitive proof. If you use WhatsApp, update your … Read More “WhatsApp Vulnerability Fixed” »
datacollection, essays, facebook, privacy, Security technology, trust, whatsapp
Facebook is making a new and stronger commitment to privacy. Last month, the company hired three of its most vociferous critics and installed them in senior technical positions. And on Wednesday, Mark Zuckerberg wrote that the company will pivot to focus on private conversations over the public sharing that has long defined the platform, even … Read More “Judging Facebook’s Privacy Shift” »
android, apple, censorship, cloudcomputing, iphone, russia, Security technology, signal, telegram, whatsapp
Internet censors have a new strategy in their bid to block applications and websites: pressuring the large cloud providers that host them. These providers have concerns that are much broader than the targets of censorship efforts, so they have the choice of either standing up to the censors or capitulating in order to maximize their … Read More “Russian Censorship of Telegram” »