@tranquil_cassowary @halotroop2288 here's a good example:

https://www.criminaldefencelawyers.com.au/blog/possessing-dedicated-encrypted-criminal-communication-devices-laws-and-penalties-in-nsw/

And yes, this can and will be weaponized against any non-#Govware - #backdoored #OS & -Device.

• #Microsoft doesn't even hide the fact that they got a #Backdoor in #BitLocker.
• #Apple certainly is both able and willing to unlock #iOS & #macOS devices as they have all the keys and literally snitched on users in the "P.R." #China.
• #Russia literally sues @delta / #deotaChat for neither collecting user data nor providing them with #backdoors.

In fact, #Australia banning #SecureDevices and -#Encryption came just after their #HoneyPot "#ANØM" aka. #OperationIronside aka. #OperationTrøjanShield had to end and they had to bust the users as #Estonia was unwilling to extend the permission to host the infrastructure on it's soil on behalf if #FBI & #AFP!

@stman @PrivacyDigest @theruran @50htz @vidak @forthy42 @oceane Again: #capitalism and.it's power structures as well as modalities incentivizes this #Centralization and #Enshittification.

• Just like you see it with other #Businesses where you end up with monopolies, duopolies, tripolies or other oligopolies that subsequently shape #regulation through #lobbyism to basically make any new competition impossible.

That's why it's basically impossible to start an #MVNO, mich less a real mobile neteork and even less if you don't want to deploy #backdoored shite like #GSM / #3G / #4G / #5G but actually something that works.

@GossiTheDog Obviously this is nothing new, as #Microsoft's #CryptoAPI is so #backdoored that it's basically #Govware.

• Whoever believed #CensorBoot & #BitLocker ever were secure needs to be banned from doing #IT, because it never has been and that was oretty obvious.

  • Cuz #CloudAct exists for quite a while, and not having exclusive #SelfCustody means it violates #KerckhoffsPrinciple.

I'll be collecting apologies once the next #ToldYaSo hits.

• My money is on @signalapp / #Signal cuz @Mer__edith won't face lifetime in jail for non-paying users - not even paid VPNs would do that!

@ann3nova sadly this is nothing new.

The entire #CryptoAPI of #Windows is #backdoored for decades and #CensorBoot merely exists to prevent #Linux adoption and #DualBoot from working!

#Cocaine in Private Jets and Sex Toys: What the #FBI Found on its Secretly #Backdoored #Chat App

Private jets loaded with cocaine landing at an airport in #Germany. A #trafficker stuffing a racing sail boat with drugs and entering a tournament to blend in with other racers before speeding off. Vacuum-sealed layers of #methamphetamine inside solar panels. And nearly 60 kilograms of drugs hidden inside a shipment of sex toys.

https://www.404media.co/cocaine-in-private-jets-and-sex-toys-what-the-fbi-found-on-its-secretly-backdoored-chat-app/

@DeltaWye @kfh I'd say @torproject / #TorBrowser as it's #Firefox but without #tracking, #adware and #analytics!

But if you're using #Govware like #Windows, any #Browser that doesn't use the #backdoored #CryptoAPI (i.e. all #Chromium-Forks do use it!) is better...

• And yes, even the "fix" I released isn't propably permanent as any #WindowsUpdate can revert it!

@alice isn't that one of those #TSA-#backdoored #locks?

@cryptrz add to that the fact that the #CryptoAPI is #backdoored and that said #backdoor can be triggered with a simple #HTTPS request in any #Browser [except #Firefox & #TorBrowser as they use #NSS instead!] (or #PowerShell's horrible wget implementation)...

And we have sufficient proof thaf #Windows is a #Govware that noone should use and that should be banned across the globe.

http://github.com/kkarhan/windows-ca-backdoor-fix

Sellers of Anom, the FBI's Secret #Backdoored Phone, Plead Guilty

The court records released as part of the plea deals also provide new insight into how some of the phone sellers discussed drug #trafficking on their #Anom devices as well.
#privacy #security #backdoor

https://www.404media.co/sellers-of-anom-the-fbis-secret-backdoored-phone-plead-guilty/

Government to Name ‘Key Witness’ Who Provided #FBI With #Backdoored #Encrypted #Chat App #Anom
#privacy #security

https://www.404media.co/government-to-name-key-witness-who-provided-fbi-with-backdoored-encrypted-chat-app-anom-2/

@puppygirlhornypost2 @navi yeah, but that's a common problem based off #TechIlliteracy and lack of proper explaination!

• Given the #CryptoAPI of #Windows is #backdoored for #Govware [#NSAKEY_ & #SSL-Updates I'd consider #BitLocker insecure and the least of it's problems!

Bonus points if #TPM bs prevents #DataRecovery.

• My biggest problem with #FDE/ #FullDiskEncryption is that is mandates direct access to a system to authenticate, thus one needs to manually mount stuff on servers post-boot instead.

@tokyo_0 Well, #VeraCrypt does get audited from time to time, and it's so far the only #CrossPlatform #FullDiskEncryption solution there is that isn't a #proprietary "#TrustMeBroWare" or flatout #backdoored.

There are numerous reasons why #TrueCrypt got forked into VeraCrypt and I'm shure the #Wikipedia articles mention why...

@tokyo_0 #TrueCrypt is #abandonware with serious security issues.

• DO NOT USE TRUECRYPT FFS!!!

Use #VeraCrypt or even better: migrate machines to #Linux and use #LUKS / #dmcrypt instead, as it's the best option at hand.

• If you need to shuttle data to #Windows and #macOS machines and using #SFTP / #SSHFS to mount a secure storage over the network isn't an option, than you're stuck with VeraCrypt, as #Windows' #CryptoAPI is evidently #backdoored to the point that every #Browser except #Firefox is susceptible to #SSL hijacking with background updates...

https://github.com/kkarhan/windows-ca-backdoor-fix

@frederic meanwhile hat #Apple alle #iOS & #macOS-Versionen für die "V.R." #China #backdoored...

@phlogiston because #GSM (and it's successor standards!) was #backdoored with #Govware like #SS7 so hard it can't be secure under any circumstances!

@mysk that's because #Apple has introduced varios #Govware - #Backdoors in their products.

• Otherwise it would be illegal to own, import, sell or use #iPhone|s and other Devices in the "P.R." #China, #Russia, #SaudiArabia / #KSA & #India and it would be illegal to #export #macOS & #iOS as per #ITAR!

• Also #iCloud is evidently #backdoored on purpose: Otherwise they would.not have been able to serve their chinese users on a silver platter to Beijing!

1.3 million #Android -based #TV boxes #backdoored; researchers still don’t know how
#backdoor #security #privacy

https://arstechnica.com/?p=2049773

@bojkotiMalbona @diebarschlampe @lmorchard @vkc nodds in agreement

I hate the #GAFAM-driven #Enshittification and the #Microsoft tech stack.

• I can accept it when someone needs something specific, but every single time I asked people who claimed they need i.e. #Excel they refused to tell me what they use it for or what function they need #LibreOffice doesn't offer them.

I get hired and paid to prevent #LockIn effects and to enshure #ITsec is up to code, but that necessitates not surrendering to #PRISM-Collaborators and #Govware integrators...

• As shitty as #IBM & #RedHat are, #RHEL at least doesn't come with a #backdoored #CryptoAPI that they refuse to acknowledge or fix - unlike #Windows!https://github.com/kkarhan/windows-ca-backdoor-fix

@frumble alle #GSMA-Standards sind #Govware-#backdoored seit #GSM...

Da gibt's nix zu fixen!

Meanwhile #Cisco, #Juniper & Co. integrierten #Govware wie #DUAL_EC_DRBG und hben sich bis heute dafür nicht entschuldigt!

@GossiTheDog OFC there is - Microsoft still keeps their own #CryptoAPI #backdoored to this day...

Not shure if a fix even works anymore amd since I'm 100% #Windows-free I'd rather drink a bottle of vinegar or snort a line of soda than ever touching that cursed #Govware ever again in my life...