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#TWIV 1306 clinical update 21 Mar 2026

Dr. Griffin's bowtie of today: Sars-COV-2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23mJITCvctc

shownotes: https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-1306/

Signal vs Wire — binary analysis of both APKs (apktool, strings, ELF inspection).

The gap is larger than most people think:

Signal: Rust core (libsignal_jni.so), Kyber-1024 post-quantum hybrid ratchet, SQLCipher for at-rest encryption, SVR with Intel SGX attestation, IME_FLAG_NO_PERSONALIZED_LEARNING (keyboard can't index your messages), zero third-party trackers.

Wire: Kotlin/Ktor, no hardened native core (more accessible to Frida), no SQLCipher (messages extractable in plaintext on rooted devices), no post-quantum, Segment SDK for behavioural telemetry.

But the finding that surprised me most:

Wire APKs from unofficial stores (Uptodown et al.) contain additional tracking workers and ACCESS_SUPERUSER permission requests not present in the official build. Supply chain integrity is not a footnote — it's the threat model.

Conclusion: Signal is the only one of the two suitable for threat models involving physical or administrative device compromise.

soon the full paper

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#TWIV 1304 clinical update 14 Mar 2026

Dr. Griffin's bowtie of today: Helicobacter pylori (wash your hands goddamit! -.-)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDpJzLVeGRw

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#TWIV 1302 clinical update 07. Mar. 2026

No bowtie today, but Man in Black =) (~Yersinia pestis)

Today's quote: "To acquire knowledge, one must study, but to acquire wisdom, one must observe." Marilyn vos Savant

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WajnRHqdLTk

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#TWIV 1300 clinical update week 26. Feb 2026

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lYiWHItUKM