Looks like #coinbase have been #helping #authorities #geolocate and #trace #customers of #crypto https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/coinba.. So much for the #dream of #decentralization for this #nasdaq listed #company ... If only somebody could have seen this coming...
Huh, so it appears #chinese #phone #manufacturer #vivo have been #caught #selling phones with the same #imei number - something that allows #authorities to #track people and phone #networks to #block people: https://www.techradar.com/uk/news/over-1.. It seems like it could be a cool thing for #pine 64 to allow the editing of - could be the ultimate anti- #surveillance #tool !
#telegram now #leaking #information to the #authorities in #germany - so much for #encryption ! https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/15.. Good job I switched to #jabber and #xmpp for my more #secure #sensitive stuff!
Wow! The #scottish #government #snp have #lowered the #age of #consent down to 13 (if #authorities " #approve "): https://www.lotuseaters.com/scottish-nat.. Madness. There is a *very* good reason why it's at 16 (and even that may be too low).
Quite a good overview on e2ee #endtoendencryption https://kerkour.com/signatures-modern-en.. Significantly more #complicated than one might expect. And this doesn't even begin to get into other complications either, such as #replay #attacks , #certificate #authorities , #randomnumber #generation , #cryptography #weakening (such as #poodle ), etc. It's a mess.