Google decides to significantly harm Android security to please lazy OEMs

Google continues putting nails in the coffin that is the Android Open Source Project. This time, they're changing the way they handle security updates to appease slow, irresponsible Android OEMs, while screwing over everyone else. The basic gist is that instead of providing monthly security

https://www.osnews.com/story/143335/google-decides-to-significantly-harm-android-security-to-please-lazy-oems/

#Android

Today we are proud to announce the launch of the world's first #postquantum secure email platform! 🥳🎉

With TutaCrypt your data is safe against quantum computer attacks at rest & in transit. ⚛️ 🔒

Learn more about this quantum leap in #security here: https://tuta.com/blog/post-quantum-cryptography

LinkedIn is using your data for AI training by default. Here's how to opt-out. 🚨

Tap on your profile > Settings & Privacy > Data Privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement

#India first democracy to ban encrypted apps like #Briar #Element & #Threema saying these were used by "terrorists": https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/apps-banned-india

#Fight4Privacy #No2Backdoors

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Peer into the future: PeerTube’s plans for 2024

Framasoft has released their plans for PeerTube for 2024, and I hosted the livestreamed AMA to learn more. Framasoft talks about apps, being an alternative, new features, and so much more. Let’s dive right in.

Being an alternative

Framasoft explains that PeerTube is an alternative to YouTube and Twitch, and not a rival. The size of the Big Tech platforms cannot be seen independently from the values that are embedded into the software. To be a rival that can compete in size with YouTube and Twitch would mean abandoning the values of PeerTube. In the blog post they describe how their values such as transparency and autonomy directly influence the features and design of PeerTube.

The massive size difference between the Big Tech platforms and Framasoft is also visible in the size of the teams that work on the products. Up until now, most of the work on PeerTube is done by one paid developer. For the next year, Framasoft is proud to have a second person join the team. It is clear that this means a lot to the team, as they try to balance all PeerTube’s needs with the culture of a small organisation.

During the AMA, Pouhiou talks about the size and growth of PeerTube, and mentions that a sudden burst of growth and attention can be a great risk as well, especially for a platform where not all moderation features are completed. The consistent growth, without moments of intense virality, is a positive for Pouhiou.

New features that got released for PeerTube in the latest update, such as password protection, also benefit the the small groups and creators that Framasoft sees as their audience. During the AMA, Pouhiou said that the team did not realise how impactful the password protection feature can be to creators, until creators told them how important the feature was. This is an indication that PeerTube still has work to do in really growing into the role of being their own product that has their own specific audience.

Plans for 2024

PeerTube will build a Mobile App, as mobile has become the main way of watching videos. While there are unofficial apps, having an official app can be helpful for adoption of the platform. The plan is to publish the app for both iOS and Android, with AndroidTV as an extended goal. As Owncast however has found out recently, Apple can be restrictive on publishing apps on iOS. How this works out for PeerTube remains to be seen.

Content moderation is getting another look in 2024. PeerTube will work on a comment moderation system for both instance admins, and video uploaders. Another aspect is the ability for instance admins to scan all video metadata for specific keywords, that present a list that the admins can than decide on whether and how to take action on. Framasoft will also work with designers to rethink the NSFW/SFW labels into more specific tags for sensitive content.

Framasoft is also putting a big focus on the user experience. As the software has grown and developed over the years, features are not always in logical places anymore. They’ll work with designers to rethink the interface from the ground up.

Framasoft is a non-profit organisation funded by donations. You can find out more about their yearly donation drive, and how to support PeerTube, here.

#peertube

https://fediversereport.com/peer-into-the-future-peertubes-plans-for-2024/

Tiny Privacy Tip About Encryption News 🔒🎉

As end-to-end encryption becomes more popular (yay! ​),

Celebrate yes,

But also remain skeptical about how this word is used and if this claim warrants your trust.

Do not trust blindly.

End-to-end encryption is a wonderful protection when well implemented. But not all apps that use end-to-end encryption are equals.

Verify that:

1. The provider is trustworthy  ​​

2. Trustworthy third-parties have verified and confirmed the provider's claims 🔍​

3. Metadata is also encrypted and/or that, ideally, its collection is minimized  ​

4. Solid security measures protect the data as well (For example, if your data is end-to-end encrypted from your password but your password is vulnerable then your data is vulnerable as well) 🛡️​

5. Encryption is truly end-to-end, meaning only the sender and the receiver can access the data and nobody else ​​

Finally keep in mind that even if a service uses minimal encryption (for example one that still collects a lot of unencrypted metadata) it is still better than the same service using no content encryption at all,

BUT there are almost always much better services that offer truly complete and well implemented end-to-end encryption for their services.

Always favor the latter when you have a choice 🔒✨

#TinyPrivacyTip #Privacy #Encryption #E2EE #RootForE2EE