📱 Google and Apple Finally Embrace RCS for Secure Messaging

Google and Apple have introduced end-to-end encryption for RCS messaging, bridging a major gap between Android and iOS communication.

https://byte-pulse.net/article/google-and-apple-finally-embrace-rcs-for-secure-messaging

#google #apple #rcs #encryption

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Google and Apple Finally Embrace RCS for Secure Messaging

It feels like there's a new Bitlocker issue every single day...

I'm all for full disk encryption and I try not to be overly obnoxious with constant "but on Linux..." comments, but man, it really is true that Linux handles FDE so much better. 🤦‍♂️

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/windows-bitlocker-zero-day-gives-access-to-protected-drives-poc-released/

#linux #security #cybersecurity #windows #encryption #bitlocker

FerroCrypt started a few years ago as a small hobby project. The new version has been rewritten from the ground up and feels much more mature: a pure Rust library, CLI, and desktop app for local-only file & folder encryption, with passphrase and X25519 key-pair modes, `.fcr` files, streaming, and hardened extraction.

Homepage: https://www.ferrocrypt.app
Code: https://github.com/alexylon/ferrocrypt

#Rust #RustLang #OpenSource #Encryption #security #privacy

If you live in Canada and care about privacy, this is the time to get off your keister to help stop Bill C22. Filling out this one form could help:

https://action.openmedia.org/page/188754/action/

If the bill passes and Signal pulls out of Canada, that would be a very bad and sad thing, and it would not be the only horrible consequence of a bad law.

#Canada #privacy #surveillance #law #BillC22 #Signal #encryption

Five years after WhatsApp’s 2021 privacy update, the service continues sharing user data with Meta for advertising and service personalization. 📊
Metadata, including communication patterns and social connections, enables detailed user profiling even without message content. 🔒

🔗 https://threema.com/en/blog/deletewhatsappday-more-relevant-than-ever

#TechNews #WhatsApp #Meta #Policy #Data #FOSS #Encryption #Advertising #Ad #SocialMedia #Social #Messaging #OpenSource #DigitalRights #AI #AdTech #Privacy #Surveillance #Freedom

Are there any plans to implement encryption for private messages using a public key attached to the Fediverse account?

I understand that the metadata would not be encrypted, but that would be more than sufficient for many use cases. The decentralised nature of the Fediverse is a major advantage in the fight against censorship.

#Fediverse #Encryption #Privacy #E2EE

ping @evan

We open sourced Enclave's MLS Protocol encryption SDK

Enclave가 MLS(Messaging Layer Security) 프로토콜 암호화 SDK를 오픈소스로 공개했습니다. 이 SDK는 GNU Affero General Public License v3 하에 배포되며, 네트워크 서버 소프트웨어의 소스 코드 공개를 보장하는 라이선스입니다. 공개된 라이브러리는 MLS 프로토콜의 핵심 암호화 기능을 포함하고 있어, 보안 통신을 구현하는 AI 서비스 및 에이전트 개발에 활용할 수 있습니다. 개발자들은 이 SDK를 통해 안전한 멀티파티 메시징 환경을 구축할 수 있으며, 오픈소스 특성상 커뮤니티 협업과 개선도 기대됩니다.

https://github.com/Enclave-Social/enclave-mls-sdk

#mls #encryption #sdk #opensource #security

Bitlocker is a disk #encryption feature shipped with #Windows. It is designed to protect sensitive data by encrypting entire drives, ensuring that information remains secure, especially if a device is lost or stolen. Many, many, many enterprises use it to protect portable media.

A #vulnerability has just been published, that backdoors #Bitlocker completely on Win11. (Doesn't work on 10, previous versions untested.)

Researchers posit that it is a backdoor because it is undocumented, and only enabled on certain configurations.

What does this mean for you as an enduser? If you use bitlocker as your encryption, and someone has access to your system, they can jailbreak it. Is it likely? No.

What does it mean if you're corporate IT? My hair is on fire, my hair is on fire!

The bigger question is: who put the access there and why.

https://github.com/Nightmare-Eclipse/YellowKey

#infosec #security #backdoor #yellowkey

Google’s QR-code reCAPTCHA now requires approved Android or iOS devices, blocking some deGoogled and privacy-focused operating systems from verification 📱
@GrapheneOS says the system expands hardware attestation and increases dependence on Apple or Google-controlled mobile ecosystems 🔒

🔗 https://cybernews.com/privacy/google-qr-code-recaptcha-requires-approved-phone/

#TechNews #Google #reCAPTCHA #GrapheneOS #Android #Apple #iPhone #iOS #Privacy #OpenSource #FOSS #Cybersecurity #Encryption #Linux #Surveillance #Freedom #Security #CAPTCHA #DeGoogle

Privacy Guides explains how to deploy a Signal proxy so users can bypass state blocks and retain access to encrypted messaging. 🔐
The guide outlines self-hosted setup steps and highlights how Signal’s centralized design can restrict access during censorship. 🌍

🔗 https://www.privacyguides.org/videos/2026/05/14/help-defeat-censorship-how-to-run-a-signal-proxy/

@privacyguides
@signalapp

#TechNews #Signal #PrivacyGuides #SignalProxy #Proxy #State #Encryption #Censorship #Privacy #FOSS #Cybersecurity #OpenSource #Freedom #DigitalRights #SelfHosting

In 2019, Meta committed to rolling out end-to-end encryption across Facebook Messenger and Instagram. "The future is private".

In 2026, that future has been quietly switched off. Instagram direct messages now use only standard encryption, meaning Meta can read message content, voice notes, and images that were previously visible only to the sender and recipient.

This is not a small adjustment. It is a reversal of a public promise made to billions of users, and it has been made with minimal noise and no meaningful alternative offered inside the platform.

The future of private communication will not be delivered by the companies that promised it in 2019. It will be built by everyone who is still committed to it now.

#Privacy #Encryption #DataSovereignty #DigitalRights

Broken Promises: RIP #Instagram’s End-to-End Encrypted #DMs

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/05/broken-promises-rip-instagrams-end-end-encrypted-dms

#privacy #Meta #cybersecurity #E2EE #encryption

https://www.xda-developers.com/new-windows-11-bitlocker-bypass-needs-usb-stick-researcher-backdoor/

A newly revealed exploit called “YellowKey” may let attackers bypass BitLocker encryption on Windows 11 and Windows Server systems using only a USB stick and a simple reboot trick. The researcher who disclosed it says the flaw is so severe, and so oddly specific to newer Windows versions, that they suspect it could be an intentional backdoor. Windows 10 does not appear to be affected.

#Windows11 #CyberSecurity #Privacy #InfoSec #Microsoft #Encryption #Hack

Apple and Google enabled end-to-end encrypted RCS chats, extending interoperable private messaging across iPhone and Android.
EFF’s Encrypt It Already campaign urges Meta, Telegram, Ring and others to expand encryption as defaults keep user data exposed. 🔐

@eff

🔗 https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/05/victory-end-end-encrypted-rcs-comes-apple-and-android-chats

#TechNews #RCS #E2EE #Apple #Google #iOS #Samsung #Pixel #Smartphone #EFF #Privacy #Encryption #OpenSource #Security #Messaging #Android #iPhone #SocialMedia #Meta #Telegram #Ring #Signal

Sure, go ahead, let Zuckerberg read all of your Instagram DMs.

Meta stopped end-to-end (E2E) encryption of Instagram DMs on May 8. It means every message you send on Instagram can now be read by by Meta.

Also note: The company can potentially be legally compelled to hand over your message logs, voice notes, and media attachments to law enforcement agencies if presented with a valid court order. https://www.msn.com/en-in/money/news/meta-quietly-removes-end-to-end-encryption-from-instagram-what-does-it-mean-for-your-private-dms/ar-AA22NdmK #Security #Privacy #E2E #Encryption #DMs #Instagram #Meta #SocialMedia

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#iOS, #macOS, and #iPadOS 26.5 updates arrive with encrypted #RCS messaging and more

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/05/ios-macos-and-ipados-26-5-updates-arrive-with-encrypted-rcs-messaging-and-more/

#cybersecurity #privacy #Apple #Mac #iPad #iPhone #iMessage #encryption #messaging

LLMs can hide text in other text of the same length

https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.20075

#AI #LLM #cybersecurity #encryption #stenography #cryptography

iPhone-Android Messaging Gets an Encryption Overlay

Apple adds encryption to messages between iPhones and Androids with iOS 26.5. This makes cross-platform chats more secure. Rolling out now.

#iMessage #Android #Encryption #Privacy #iOS265

https://newsletter.tf/iphone-android-encryption-ios-26-5-update/

Messages between iPhones and Androids are now more secure with end-to-end encryption. This is a big step for privacy, making chats safer than before.

#iMessage #Android #Encryption #Privacy #iOS265
https://newsletter.tf/iphone-android-encryption-ios-26-5-update/

Apple & Google added end-to-end encryption to RCS for iPhone and Android. Secure chats mean safer business communications. Find out how to upgrade your digital safety today!

🚩 #Encryption #RCS #Apple #Google #Messaging #CyberSecurity #DataPrivacy #SecureChat

#Instagram has removed end‑to‑end #encryption for private messages, allowing #Meta to read them again. "It’s very strange that Instagram chooses to make the internet less secure for its users," says cryptographer Bart Preneel. 🔐❌
https://www.nieuwsblad.be/economie/technologie/instagram-kan-vanaf-nu-opnieuw-je-priveberichten-lezen-ze-willen-over-iedereen-zoveel-mogelijk-weten/151241253.html

iOS 26.5 brings E2EE to iPhone–Android RCS texts for the first time — but metadata stays exposed, and Google limits it to Google Messages only.

By @techlore
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLJN6Zt70uA

#privacy #RCS #encryption #digitalprivacy

Cross-platform texting just got a major privacy upgrade 🔒

Apple has officially enabled end-to-end encrypted RCS messaging between Android and iPhone users. After years of insecure SMS fallbacks, secure texting is finally arriving across platforms.

Read the full story on TechPuts 👇
https://techputs.com/android-iphone-encrypted-texts/

#Apple #Android #RCS #Privacy #Encryption #Technology #tech

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Apple has officially enabled end-to-end encrypted RCS messaging between Android and iPhone users.

🚨 the @securedrop team at Freedom of Press Foundation is hiring 🚨

We're looking for a Cryptography Engineer to help us build out the new end-to-end encrypted version of #SecureDrop

✔️ fully remote (must be US based)
✔️ all FOSS
✔️ help secure whistleblowers and investigative journalists all around the world

More details in the job posting, happy to answer any questions

https://freedomofthepress.na.teamtailor.com/jobs/610227-cryptography-engineer

#GetFediHired #Rust #FormalMethods #Encryption #Cryptography #Whistleblowing #OpenSource

EU negotiations to extend the “Chat Control 1.0” ePrivacy derogation collapsed after Parliament, Council, and Commission failed to agree on privacy safeguards. 🇪🇺
The expired measure had allowed platforms like Meta and Microsoft to scan private messages for CSAM, raising concerns over mass surveillance and legal basis. 🔒

🔗 https://edri.org/our-work/did-the-eu-parliament-really-vote-not-to-protect-children-online/

#TechNews #EU #Europe #Privacy #ChatControl #Parliament #Commission #Encryption #Surveillance #Cybersecurity #Meta #Microsoft #Policy #Freedom #CSAM

🔓 France Moves to Break Encrypted Messaging

｢ France’s intelligence delegation in parliament has formally backed breaking the encryption that protects WhatsApp, Signal, and Telegram conversations, recommending that magistrates and intelligence agents be granted what lawmakers describe as targeted access to messages that platforms currently cannot read even themselves ｣

https://reclaimthenet.org/france-moves-to-break-encrypted-messaging

#france #encryption #privacy

End to end encryption for RCS messages between Android and iOS devices is now rolling out to iPhones running iOS 26.5 on supported cellular networks. https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/platforms/android/android-ios-end-to-end-encrypted-rcs-messaging/ #RCS #Encryption #iOS #Android #GoogleMessages

End-to-end encryption over RCS being rolled out.

Nice. But who really owns the keys?

#apple #encryption #privacy

Google & Apple begins rolling out end-to-end encryption for RCS messages

#Google #RCS #Apple #ios #Android #Encryption

A member of France's parliamentary intelligence delegation is openly pushing to add "ghost participants" to your encrypted WhatsApp, Signal, and Telegram chats.

They're calling current encryption "a major obstacle for the work of the justice system and intelligence services."

The literal proposal is: the state silently inserts an invisible third user into every targeted two-person conversation..

https://docs.reclaimthenet.org/french-parliamentary-intelligence-report-2025.pdf
#Encryption #Privacy #Surveillance #EU #France

Beginning of the End? 🛑

In March 2026, @Instagram announced that it would no longer support end-to-end encrypted messaging after May 8, 2026.

This development comes amid growing threats to strong encryption from governments across the globe. As pressure on platforms continues to increase, Instagram’s decision to discontinue E2EE could be the first domino that sparks a chain reaction.

Read more about these developments here: https://sflc.in/beginning-of-the-end/

#encryption #privacy #instagram

#Apple, #Meta warn Canadian bill could force them to weaken #encryption

https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/apple-warns-canadian-bill-could-force-it-weaken-device-encryption-2026-05-07/

#privacy #cybersecurity #Canada #BillC22

Free #Signal Guide

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/05/free-sginal-guide

#privacy #cybersecurity #encryption

End-to-end encryption is one of the most important foundations allowing children and youth to remain safe online.

#encryption #privacy #security #children #youth #technology

No more back doors!

Apple Warns Canada's Bill C-22 Could Force Encryption Backdoors

https://www.macrumors.com/2026/05/08/apple-warns-canada-bill-force-encryption-backdoors/

#Apple #Canada #Encryption #Vulnerability #Privacy #Surveillance #Security #Tech

Weekend Reading from TechAptitude!

Get to know new Cryptography Standards (FIPS 20-3, FIPS 204, FIPS 205, FIPS 206) developed by NIST to withstand quantum attacks and prevent the so-called “Q-Day”. Q-Day is an estimate of the point in time when quantum computers will be able to reliably break existing RSA-2048 cryptography. https://techaptitude.substack.com/p/quantum-technologies-nist-drives #PQC #NIST #Cryptography #Q_Day #PostQuantumCryptography #Quantum #Encryption #CryptographyAlgorithms #TechAptitude

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RE: https://mastodon.social/@Tutanota/116539340806199860

“Privacy features disappear quietly, then become the new normal.”

Instagram is reportedly dropping support for end-to-end encrypted chats starting today.

Meta hasn’t clearly explained why encrypted messaging is being removed, or what happens to existing conversations afterward, raising fresh concerns about privacy, data collection, and surveillance on the platform.

#Privacy #Instagram #Meta #Encryption #CyberSecurity #DigitalMinimalism

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Meta just removed end-to-end encryption from Instagram.

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Meta removed E2EE from Instagram DMs today, May 8, ending private encrypted chats and enabling broader message scanning for abuse detection 📩🔓
The change follows global pressure tied to CSAM enforcement, raising transparency and user-control concerns around private communication 🕵️‍♂️⚠️

🔗 https://www.indiatoday.in/technology/news/story/instagram-removes-end-to-end-encryption-in-messages-your-dm-chats-are-longer-private-2908633-2026-05-08

#TechNews #Instagram #Facebook #Meta #E2EE #Privacy #Encryption #Messaging #CyberSecurity #WhatsApp #ChatControl #Surveillance #FOSS #Security #SocialMedia #DataPrivacy

iOS 26.5 adds default E2EE for iPhone-Android RCS chats on supported carriers via RCS Universal Profile 3.0 and MLS 🔐
Apple says encrypted cross-platform messaging remains in beta, with lock indicators, edits, deletes and inline replies rolling out 🔒

🔗 https://www.macrumors.com/2026/05/04/ios-26-5-rcs-encryption/

#TechNews #Apple #iPhone #iOS #iOS265 #RCS #E2EE #iMessage #Google #Android #Privacy #Encryption #OpenStandards #Messaging #FOSS #OpenSource

Instagram Pulls Privacy Feature: Direct Messages Now Open for Scanning

Instagram DMs are now open for scanning by Meta after end-to-end encryption was removed today, May 8, 2026. Users' private chats are no longer fully private.

#InstagramUpdate, #PrivacyNews, #Meta, #DirectMessages, #Encryption

https://newsletter.tf/instagram-scans-dms-after-removing-privacy-feature/

Instagram has removed its privacy feature for direct messages. This means private chats can now be scanned by Meta, unlike before.

#InstagramUpdate, #PrivacyNews, #Meta, #DirectMessages, #Encryption
https://newsletter.tf/instagram-scans-dms-after-removing-privacy-feature/

@OpenMediaOrg #CDNPoli so more people can see this important issue above threatening to break #Encryption in Canada.

#Apple confirms #iOS 26.5 Messages app adds #RCS end-to-end #encryption

https://9to5mac.com/2026/05/04/apple-confirms-ios-26-5-messages-app-adds-rcs-end-to-end-encryption/

#privacy #cybersecurity