*(Note, if you are among the small number of people that run alt Android-based operating systems that don't include Google libraries, we implement the battery-destroying push option, and hope you have ways to navigate.) 6/
CYBERSECURITY
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Signal Push Notifications Security and Data Protection
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PSA: We've received questions about push notifications. First: push notifications for Signal NEVER contain sensitive unencrypted data & do not reveal the contents of any Signal messages or calls–not to Apple, not to Google, not to anyone but you & the people you're talking to. 1/
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Signal Push Notifications Privacy: Device-Only Processing
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In Signal, push notifications simply act as a ping that tells the app to wake up. They don't reveal who sent the message or who is calling (not to Apple, Google, or anyone). Notifications are processed entirely on your device. This is different from many other apps. 2/
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Signal’s Push Notification Dependency on Apple Google
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What's the background here? Currently, in order to enable push notifications on the dominant mobile operating systems (iOS and Android) those building and maintaining apps like Signal need to use services offered by Apple and Google. 3/
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Mass Surveillance Through Connected Devices: Privacy Under Threat
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UGH. Please read, share, call. Fighting for privacy can be wearying, feel defeating, but we need to fight this latest attempted mass surveillance ratchet turn, working to make all of our devices, and the infra they rely on, into snitches. This is not a world we can accept.
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Signal Advances Privacy Standards Open Source Messaging
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Ofc, yes, Signal offers much more privacy & serious people who value confidentiality use Signal bc we protect metadata + aren't attached to a surveillance corp + are FOSS + audited… That's true AND we must celebrate all (rare) privacy wins and those who made them happen! 6/
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Meta surveillance enables criminalization of healthcare seekers
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And corp (+ gov) surveillance is playing a troubling role in enabling such. To take one example., Meta turned over FB messages bet. Jessica Burgess & her daughter. These were used to criminalize them for seeking banned healthcare. They're now sentenced to 2 years in prison. 4/
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End-to-End Encryption: Privacy Protection Against Corporate Surveillance
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E2ee provides vital protection. While no corp OR gov should have access to the vast surveillance data typical of tech cos, for now we can celebrate wins like this, which offer the safety of privacy in a world where daily activities and solidarities increasingly put us at risk. 5/
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Meta Launches End-to-End Encryption Using Signal Protocol
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Thrilled to see Meta officially launching e2ee for 1:1 chats in FB + Insta, and using the Signal protocol to do it! Congratulations to all involved! This is a significant achievement and a rare win for privacy, (from a very unlikely place, I know!) 1/
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Corporate surveillance replaces privacy norm without public consent
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In a short few decades, w/o consent or full public awareness, the norm of privacy has been overwritten by the norm of corp (& gov) surveillance, c/o the normalization of the surveillance business model in tech. And yes, Meta is an exemplar here. 2/