I highly doubt that it'll ever happen, but if, I'll just host my own matrix server and I'm good to go.
this post was submitted on 22 Nov 2023
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Whatever works really. I don't care which app/system does it as long as the government doesn't have private key
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*In case the EU manages to force all providers to backdoor the services
I don't think that'll happen anyway. But you are right, the server doesn't matter too much in the csse of e2e. The client is more important.
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And of course this sort of thing happens every day in authoritarian countries.
This is not a technical problem at all, it's a political and cultural one.
sorry iOS users
EU is forcing apple to allow sideloading. not sure when the deadline was, i think next year?
Wow, that's amazing!
Sounds like what you're looking for is PGP/GPG. Been around for a while, but does the job well.
Also, I doubt most projects built outside of the UK (or Europe as the EU seems to be moving in a similar direction) will actually comply and backdoor their own software. As long as you have internet they'll always be actually secure software to download.
Well, yes, GnuPG is certainly an option. I don't care how it's implemented though, but I do care about the fact that clients/client apps take encryption into their own hands instead of relying on middleware.
Clients taking it into their own hands reminds me of delta chat. Basically the same thing but the client handles encryption and uses a generic email server as the chat server.
But any good client will handle encryption themselves (heck even "bad" clients will do that). As long as they're not UK based and don't neuter the clients for their UK users they'll still retain proper encryption completely client side (outside of public key infrastructure which is a whole different topic).
From what I understand of PKI and the way the Internet is right now, trust in identity would be very hard to build if clients engage in PKI.
But taking encryption into one's hands basically brings back control into one's hands. You do not specifically need an encrypted connection in such a case, just a tamper-proof connection.
if everyone started to use p2p messengers with asymmetrical encryption, the EU would have very little they could do
Totally agree with you; a p2p network is resilient and unstoppable. Every user acts as a node within the p2p network, and as long as people are actively online, it can survive. This means it cannot be banned by any country or government.
Plus, since a P2P network is a decentralized network, there is no central server to store user data such as chat histories or contact lists**. From a data privacy perspective, nothing can compare with a p2p network.
I know people are quite familiar with Signal and Whatsapp due to their E2EE services. However, they are managed by tech companies and utilize a centralized network (central server = another computer). All your chat histories and data are kept in their giant computer/server. Even though it is encrypted, who in the world knows if they have memorized your private key (I think they do, by the way, because governments need these things to monitor suspicious activities or potential criminal incidents).
So, start using applications that operate on a decentralized P2P network; it is the safest way to safeguard your privacy rights.
start using applications that operate on a decentralized P2P network;
Have you heard of this one? They said it's a secure messenger based on P2P network, also with end-to-end encryption technology.
… why post a png?
Link to the service
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We need to use some tool. If the government doesn't have your private key, they can't decrypt your messages. I don't care how that is implemented, but companies like Signal will either fight to the death or bow out
Basically P2P. The government can't do shit about them.
Longest shower though I’ve seen for a while. While you seem somewhat clueless in what you talk about you manage to fit in many cool words. That’s a plus.