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  1. Peter Hormanns (darestiet@mastodonten.de)'s status on Saturday, 21-Apr-2018 02:36:12 IST Peter Hormanns Peter Hormanns
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    Guter Blog-Beitrag eines Lehrers und Vaters über #WhatsApp
    https://blog.pohlers-web.de/wie-du-bist-nicht-bei-whatsapp/

    In conversation about 3 months ago from mastodonten.de permalink

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      "Wie, du bist nicht bei Whatsapp?"
      By Boris from Boris Blog
      „Wie, du bist nicht bei Whatsapp?“
  2. Nordpirat (nordpirat@quitter.se)'s status on Friday, 02-Mar-2018 09:39:06 IST Nordpirat Nordpirat
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    Damit ist der Einsatz von #WhatsApp schätzungsweise zu 99,9% #illegal. Wann schreitet die #Justiz ein?

    https://is.gd/mrSQap
    In conversation about 4 months ago from quitter.se permalink

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    1. Thüringens Datenschützer: Whatsapp wird meist rechtswidrig genutzt
      from heise online
      99 Prozent der deutschen Whatsapp-Nutzer verhielten sich "deliktisch", weil sie dem Dienst Zugang zu den Daten ihrer Kontakte geben, sagt Thüringens Chef-Datenschützer Lutz Hasse.
  3. Nordpirat (nordpirat@quitter.se)'s status on Thursday, 01-Feb-2018 06:37:53 IST Nordpirat Nordpirat
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    Arbeitet denn niemand bei der #IGMetal, der weiß das #WhatsApp böse ist?

    http://www.igmetall-augsburg.de/news/meldung.html?id=76891
    In conversation about 5 months ago from quitter.se permalink
  4. ghostDancer (ghostdancer@quitter.se)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Oct-2017 01:27:19 IST ghostDancer ghostDancer
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    • Privacy
    Tracking friends and strangers using #WhatsApp http://qttr.at/1yus !privacy 
    In conversation about 9 months ago from quitter.se permalink

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    1. Tracking friends and strangers using WhatsApp | Robert Heaton
      from Robert Heaton
      You and your good buddy, Steve Steveington, are in training for an arduous charity walk. You signed up together on the spur of the moment and pledged to hold each other accountable whilst you got i...
  5. Bob PickleJar (picklejarbob@quitter.se)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Sep-2017 12:40:22 IST Bob PickleJar Bob PickleJar
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    • Privacy
    Would be nice to hear some "independent" opinions and research on that! !privacy #chat #telegram #whatsapp  http://qttr.at/1xon
    In conversation about 10 months ago from quitter.se permalink

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    1. File without filename could not get a thumbnail source.
      Why Isn’t Telegram End-to-End Encrypted by Default? 
      from Telegraph
      I've been getting this question more often this year. It's based on the wrong assumption that some other popular messaging apps such as WhatsApp are "end-to-end encrypted by default", while Telegram is not. This post is intended to disprove this myth that has been so carefully crafted by Facebook/WhatsApp marketing efforts. Let’s start from the basics. How Popular Messaging Apps Handle Backups Every popular messaging app offers its users some way to back up their messages to prevent data loss.…
  6. MMN-o ✅⃠ (mmn@social.umeahackerspace.se)'s status on Thursday, 27-Jul-2017 20:58:51 IST MMN-o ✅⃠ MMN-o ✅⃠
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    • Algernon Whistlewright
    #WhatsApp fetches websites linked in the chat from your phone and thus makes OTR/encryption totally pointless.
    In conversation about a year ago from social.umeahackerspace.se permalink
  7. Klaus Jónsson Zimmermann (kzimmermann@quitter.se)'s status on Friday, 30-Jun-2017 22:11:12 IST Klaus Jónsson Zimmermann Klaus Jónsson Zimmermann
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    Ok, I wish I could read #German to understand these news. What does it say? #WhatsApp #Police https://quitter.se/attachment/4077459
    In conversation about a year ago from quitter.se permalink

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  8. Kuro Sawai (kuro@quitter.se)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Jun-2017 21:31:42 IST Kuro Sawai Kuro Sawai
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    • Justiz
    !Justiz: Weitergabe von Kontaktdaten an #WhatsApp unzulässig https://is.gd/3SJhsn typische dpa-Meldung, nutzlos, nicht durchsetzbar, oder?
    In conversation about a year ago from quitter.se permalink

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    1. Weitergabe von Kontaktdaten an WhatsApp unzulässig
      Wer über WhatsApp die Telefonnummern seiner Kontakte automatisch an das Unternehmen weiterleitet, ohne um Erlaubnis zu fragen, begeht eine Rechtsverletzung.
  9. Jens Kubieziel (qbi@quitter.se)'s status on Monday, 12-Jun-2017 20:28:57 IST Jens Kubieziel Jens Kubieziel
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    • Censoring and circumvention
    #Iran sucht Software zur Erkennung von Telefonnummern bei #WhatsApp und #Telegram:
    http://yaturl.net/3a21
    !censorship 
    In conversation about a year ago from quitter.se permalink
  10. Klaus Jónsson Zimmermann (kzimmermann@quitter.se)'s status on Thursday, 04-May-2017 07:47:43 IST Klaus Jónsson Zimmermann Klaus Jónsson Zimmermann
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    So today people at work talked shit about #WhatsApp because it went out for a while. Their "Silver Bullet" alternative? Telegram. #Facepalm
    In conversation about a year ago from quitter.se permalink
  11. Klaus Jónsson Zimmermann (alternative acc) (kzimmermann2@gnusocial.club)'s status on Saturday, 29-Apr-2017 02:35:40 IST Klaus Jónsson Zimmermann (alternative acc) Klaus Jónsson Zimmermann (alternative acc)
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    What are the factors that affect service availability for #XMPP on a mobile device? Can a well-designed client solve them, or XEPs?
    I was able to convince some people to switch from #WhatsApp to XMPP (with the #Conversations app) and they loved it, but complained that sometimes it wouldn't deliver messages, making them to switch back to whatsapp for "emergencies." This upsets me, but I wonder if there's any fix.
    In conversation about a year ago from gnusocial.club permalink
  12. Milan (milan@social.tchncs.de)'s status on Monday, 24-Apr-2017 12:28:08 IST Milan Milan
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    By the way, do you even know #matrix already? Similar to #xmpp it is a decentralized alternative to #whatsapp and stuff. It brings end2end-encryption and voip support. It is very modern and there are feature-rich crossplatform clients like #riot.

    If you like decentralized and free (as freedom) networks like #mastodon, have a look!

    ➡ https://matrix.org
    ➡ https://riot.im
    ➡ https://tchncs.de/matrix
    ➡ https://m.tchncs.de (hosted riot)

    In conversation about a year ago from social.tchncs.de permalink
  13. Tactical Tech (infoactivism@quitter.no)'s status on Friday, 31-Mar-2017 21:32:28 IST Tactical Tech Tactical Tech
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    ♻We wrote a piece contrasting recent shifts in privacy rights in US & Europe https://medium.com/@privacyint/walking-the-privacy-tightrope-across-the-atlantic-5c49c9b17504 #PrivacyShield #WhatsApp https://quitter.no/attachment/1049650
    In conversation about a year ago from quitter.no permalink

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  14. Klaus Jónsson Zimmermann (kzimmermann@quitter.se)'s status on Friday, 20-Jan-2017 07:31:35 IST Klaus Jónsson Zimmermann Klaus Jónsson Zimmermann
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    Here's the thing: if you have a bug that compromises !security and you refuse to fix it, it's now called a #backdoor. #WhatsApp
    In conversation Friday, 20-Jan-2017 07:31:35 IST from quitter.se permalink
  15. Klaus Jónsson Zimmermann (alternative acc) (kzimmermann2@gnusocial.club)'s status on Friday, 20-Jan-2017 06:43:56 IST Klaus Jónsson Zimmermann (alternative acc) Klaus Jónsson Zimmermann (alternative acc)
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    • Privacy
    1. WhatsApp has a backdoor that can be used to decrypt your "end-to-end encrypted" texts.
    2. People discover said backdoor (I guess through poking around or reverse engineering, since it's proprietary and code inspection isn't possible) and warn WhatsApp about it.
    3. WhatsApp acknowledges existence of backdoor, says it's intentional ("it's not a bug, that's our design!") and they won't bother fixing it.
    4. Millions of people continue using communications that can be actively intercepted, because they were told that some "encryption" thing they know nothing about would protect them.

    Why am I not surprised here?

    https://gnusocial.club/url/40013

    Don't use #WhatsApp. Just don't.

    !privacy
    In conversation Friday, 20-Jan-2017 06:43:56 IST from gnusocial.club permalink
  16. Klaus Jónsson Zimmermann (kzimmermann@quitter.se)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Jan-2017 23:25:26 IST Klaus Jónsson Zimmermann Klaus Jónsson Zimmermann
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    • Privacy
    My single biggest reason as to why ditch #WhatsApp? Typing with your thumbs sucks. That and !privacy issues, of course. Use !XMPP instead
    In conversation Wednesday, 18-Jan-2017 23:25:26 IST from quitter.se permalink
  17. Bob Jonkman (bobjonkman@sn.jonkman.ca)'s status on Monday, 16-Jan-2017 13:36:13 IST Bob Jonkman Bob Jonkman
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    in reply to
    • Cryptography
    • Mike Gerwitz
    Agreed, the #WhatsApp "issue" is not a bug, it's there by design. But a designer vulnerability is still a vulnerability. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/01/google-launches-key-transparency-while-tradeoff-whatsapp-called-backdoor !crypto
    In conversation Monday, 16-Jan-2017 13:36:13 IST from sn.jonkman.ca permalink

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    1. Google Launches Key Transparency While A Trade-Off in WhatsApp is Called a Backdoor
      from Electronic Frontier Foundation
      The Guardian ran a sensational story on Friday claiming a backdoor was discovered in WhatsApp, enabling intelligence agencies to snoop on encrypted messages. Gizmodo followed up saying it's no backdoor at all, but reasonable, intended behavior. So what's really going on here? The lost phone, lost message dilemma The issue at question is WhatsApp's answer to the question of what applications should do when someone's phone number changes (or they reinstall their app, or switch phones). Suppose Alice sends a message to Bob encrypted with Bob's key K1.
  18. Mike Gerwitz (mikegerwitz@social.mikegerwitz.com)'s status on Monday, 16-Jan-2017 09:36:16 IST Mike Gerwitz Mike Gerwitz
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    Concise and straightforward summary of the #WhatsApp vulnerability (yes, I consider it to be a major vulnerability; no, it's not a backdoor):

    https://social.mikegerwitz.com/url/12151
    In conversation Monday, 16-Jan-2017 09:36:16 IST from social.mikegerwitz.com permalink
  19. Bob Mottram (bob@social.freedombone.net)'s status on Saturday, 14-Jan-2017 03:38:51 IST Bob Mottram Bob Mottram
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    So the explanation from OWS about #WhatsApp sounds maybe reasonable, but without source code the claimed behavior can't be verified. It also sounds as if the key change notification is turned off by default and that it's the server which detects the key change and notifies the clients (again we just have to take someone's word for that this is what happens).

    So I think the Guardian criticism still holds:

    "The recipient is not made aware of this change in encryption, while the sender is only notified if they have opted-in to encryption warnings in settings"

    That is, by default key changes are silent and the receiver is unaware if they happen. Bob could believe that he's talking to Alice, but could actually be talking to Alice through Eve.
    In conversation Saturday, 14-Jan-2017 03:38:51 IST from social.freedombone.net permalink
  20. Bob Jonkman (bobjonkman@sn.jonkman.ca)'s status on Friday, 13-Jan-2017 23:38:34 IST Bob Jonkman Bob Jonkman
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    • Tom K
    The security flaw is not in Moxie's Axolotl protocol, but in the #WhatsApp implementation. Signal software doesn't have this flaw, it doesn't automatically re-key messages and just refuse to deliver. I doubt Moxie has control over the WhatsApp implementation.
    In conversation Friday, 13-Jan-2017 23:38:34 IST from sn.jonkman.ca permalink
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