end-to-end encryption
Bridgefy Is Considered to Be a Private App for Protesters but Is a Privacy Nightmare
The app has been leaking identities.
Gates Foundation Funds Facebook Fact-Checkers That Defend It From Allegations
It also provides funding to dozens of media organizations that regularly give Gates and the foundation favorable coverage.
Bill Gates Advocates for Stopping End-To-End Encryption (to Tackle “Misinformation”)
The billionnaire isn’t happy private messages can’t be policed.
WhatsApp Introduces Search Prompts to Crack Down on Viral “Misinformation”
WhatsApp will now encourage users to “double check” certain messages via search.
Pro-Encryption Fight Hindered as US Appeals Court Refuses to Unseal Papers
The sucessful argument that allowed Facebook to reject a wiretap remains unavailable to be used as prescedent.
Senator Ron Wyden Wants to Know Why Twitter DMs Still Aren’t End-To-End Encrypted
It’s been two years since Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said they were working on it.
MembersBrazil’s New “Fake News” Law Is a Threat to Privacy and Free Speech – And It Could Signal What’s Coming for the US and Europe
? Governments are increasingly looking to cut privacy to tackle “fake news”.
BBC “Worried” That Encrypted Apps Like Signal Can’t Be Searched for “Misinformation” in Private Conversations
In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, several social media platforms and apps have happily decided to promote only World Health Organization-approved narratives and news across the world. While social media platforms are doing so to evade “misinformation” on their platform, the director of B
Private Messaging App Signal Suggests It Could Pull Out of the US Market if Draconian EARN IT Bill Is Approved
Signal is the latest company to speak out agains the bill.
WhatsApp to Cut Message Forwarding to Prevent Coronavirus “Misinformation”
WhatsApp can’t read people’s messages so it’ll just prevent everyone from forwarding too much.
Researchers Shocked Some Zoom Encryption Keys Generated by Servers in China
As more people are forced to use Zoom, the more people are finding out about it.
Houseparty Says It’s Free to Use Any User Communications, Including “Ideas, Inventions, Concepts”
A lack of end-to-end encryption means conversations aren’t as private as they are in some other apps.