#TikTok will auf Ende-zu-Ende-Verschlüsselung für Direktnachrichten verzichten | Security https://www.heise.de/news/TikTok-will-auf-Ende-zu-Ende-Verschluesselung-fuer-Direktnachrichten-verzichten-11198494.html #SocialMedia #Datenschutz #privacy #surveillance #Überwachung #Verschlüsselung #encryption #E2EE #EndToEndEncryption #End2EndEncryption

TikTok incapable of delivering both user privacy *and* user safety, retains capability to surveil user communications https://alecmuffett.com/article/148043 #EndToEndEncryption #censorship #china #surveillance #tiktok

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TikTok incapable of delivering both user privacy *and* user safety, retains capability to surveil user communications
https://alecmuffett.com/article/148043
#EndToEndEncryption #censorship #china #surveillance #tiktok

TikTok incapable of delivering both user privacy *and* user safety, retains capability to surveil user communications

Nothing to do with it being Chinese, then?

“TikTok told the BBC it believed end-to-end encryption prevented police and safety teams from being able to read direct messages if they needed to. It confirmed its approach to the BBC in a briefing about security at its London office – saying it wanted to protect users, especially young people, from harm. It described this stance as a deliberate decision to set itself apart from rivals.”

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly2m5e5ke4o

#censorship #china #endToEndEncryption #surveillance #tiktok

🚨BREAKING: #TikTok valiantly saves users from the terrifying specter of #privacy by heroically refusing end-to-end encryption. Because who needs security when you can have Big Brother watching over you? 📱🔓
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly2m5e5ke4o #EndtoEndEncryption #BigBrother #SecurityConcerns #SocialMedia #HackerNews #ngated

#Threema wird quantensicher: Partnerschaft mit IBM Research | heise online https://www.heise.de/news/Threema-wird-quantensicher-Partnerschaft-mit-IBM-Research-11190858.html #Datenschutz #privacy #Verschlüsselung #encryption #E2EE #EndToEndEncryption #End2EndEncryption @threemaapp

Meta vor Gericht: Führungskräfte warnten vor Risiken der #Verschlüsselung | heise online https://www.heise.de/news/Meta-vor-Gericht-Fuehrungskraefte-warnten-vor-Risiken-der-Verschluesselung-11188109.html #encryption #a Datenschutz #privacy #E2EE #EndToEndEncryption #End2EndEncryption #ChatControl #Chatkontrolle #Grooming #CyberGrooming

iOS 26.4 Beta 2: #Apple  testet #RCS-#Verschlüsselung mit #Android  | Mac & i https://www.heise.de/news/iOS-26-4-Beta-2-Apple-testet-RCS-Verschluesselung-mit-Android-11187043.html #encryption #E2EE #End2EndEncryption #EndToEndEncryption #RichCommunicationService #iOS264Beta2 #iOS264

“Google and Apple today announced that testing of encrypted RCS messaging between Android and iPhone is now underway” | Yay, more end-to-end encryption!

My understanding is that the RCS E2EE test is available globally, except for China & France.

Yes, really.

https://9to5google.com/2026/02/23/google-messages-encrypted-rcs-iphone/

Google and Apple today announced that testing of encrypted RCS messaging between Android and iPhone is now underway […] In the iOS Messages app, green bubbles will be prefaced by “Text Message · RCS | [lock icon] Encrypted” at the center of the screen.

On Google Messages, it will be the same lock icon, just like messages to Android users. […] To test, the iPhone must be running iOS 26.4 beta 2, with this available on supported carriers.

#android #endToEndEncryption #hellFrozeOver #iPhone

“Google and Apple today announced that testing of encrypted RCS messaging between Android and iPhone is now underway” | Yay, more end-to-end encryption! https://alecmuffett.com/article/146816 #EndToEndEncryption #HellFrozeOver #android #iphone

“Google and Apple today announ...