I'm very #sceptical of this #wired #article on ditching #pgp https://www.wired.co.uk/article/efail-pg.. They are recommending people switch to #signal as a "better" #alternative ? Yeah right. PGP *can* and *will* be fixed, Signal #messenger #security is broken by design!
Very interesting #pam #authentication #security #modification where there is a fake #password to run an additional command: https://github.com/nuvious/pam-duress People are pointing out that it could be useful for forced search scenarios, especially useful if you can #recover from #backup ! I believe that during these times you must also consider the point that your #drive could be #cloned and the #virtual #drive pulled at the right time to prevent anything being written.
Wow, quite a serious #security issue in #lynx that allows an #attacker to view #plaintext #passwords under very specific scenarios: https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-secur.. Looks like it will be getting a #cve ... Interesting it appears #lynx is actually based on #timbernerslee 's original #libwww !
#apple 's #internalmemo appears to suggest they intended to just #ignore #criticism of their new #scanning feature: https://9to5mac.com/2021/08/06/apple-int.. I guess people now know they need to just leave their #ecosystem and Apple don't *actually* care about #privacy and #security ...
Regarding #phone #security - there is little that can be done: https://edwardsnowden.substack.com/p/qa0.. This is why projects like #pine 's #pinephone are so important! #opensource #linux all the way!
Yeah, I'm not entirely sold on using a #vpn for 'security' - I think they are a major #security #risk ... You have the #logs , the #dns redirection problem, the multiple #isp issue and many other things. We still need a better solution to this problem.
A new #microsoft #linkedin #dataleak by #hackers https://restoreprivacy.com/linkedin-data.. Microsoft's #security is an absolute shit show. *They need to be fined for this.* This information *will* cost people their jobs, marriages, relationships with colleagues, etc. There is a very real cost to their lapse attitude to security.
#microsoft have #signed multiple root kits: https://twitter.com/GossiTheDog/status/1.. This again is the problem with Microsoft being the gatekeepers of #windows #security ...
And awful #censorship strikes again... This time in #nuclear #security http://blog.nuclearsecrecy.com/2021/05/1.. Ouch.