Colin Goring

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[Signal @signalapp]

Right now there are a lot of new eyes on Signal, and not all of them are familiar with secure messaging and its nuances. Which means there’s misinfo flying around that might drive people away from Signal and private communications.

One piece of misinfo we need to address is the claim that there are ‘vulnerabilities’ in Signal. This isn’t accurate. Reporting on a Pentagon advisory memo appears to be at the heart of the misunderstanding: https://t.co/QfWgOxHAzp. The memo used the term ‘vulnerability’ in relation to Signal—but it had nothing to do with Signal’s core tech. It was warning against phishing scams targeting Signal users.

Phishing isn’t new, and it’s not a flaw in our encryption or any of Signal’s underlying technology. Phishing attacks are a constant threat for popular apps and websites.

In order to help protect people from falling victim to sophisticated phishing attacks, Signal introduced new user flows and in-app warnings. This work has been completed for some time and is unrelated to any current events. If you’re interested in learning more, this WIRED article from February 19th (over a month ago) goes into more detail:
https://t.co/xvVVdPDhSs

Signal is open source, so our code is regularly scrutinized in addition to regular formal audits. We also constantly monitor [email protected] for any new reports, and we act on them with quickness while also working to protect the people who rely on us from outside threats like phishing with warnings and safeguards.

This is why Signal remains the gold standard for private, secure communications.

[WWF News @WWFnews]

New WWF report reveals a catastrophic 73% decline in the average size of global monitored wildlife populations in just 50 years. #LivingPlanetReport
https://t.co/WXpu3zoGmI

[Colin Goring @clgoring]

@sarahkendzior I’ll preorder to help, but to alleviate future AI and big tech frustrations, may I suggest connecting with someone you already follow, and who follows you - @doctorow - on how he authors without either while still enjoying stable tech?

[Tansu Yegen @TansuYegen]

History of Europe 1500-2022 in country balls

https://t.co/J4WcbNl2zB

[Colin Goring @clgoring]

@ziyatong Sorry, just followed, not back

[Colin Goring @clgoring]

@ziyatong Followed back, from mastodon dot coffee

[Andrew Coyne 🇺🇦🇮🇱🇬🇪🇲🇩 @acoyne]

About that headline inflation number — 7% in August, year-over-year, down from 7.6% in July — that mostly reflects what was happening earlier this year. Looking at the 3-month annualized numbers gives you a better look at what’s happening now. And it’s … much improved.

[Ireland's Environmentalists @IrelandsEnviro]

7 years ago this field had just been resown in grass for silage. it looked like most Irish fields: uniformly green with no surviving wildflowers.

here's how we brought it back to life:

[Colin Goring @clgoring]

@StephAFung

[Liv :P @liv_username]

there should be an opposite costco where u can buy just a little bit of stuff

[Tom Junod @TomJunod]

By suppressing “The Falling Man,” @Facebook is again deeming some stories too disturbing to tell. I’m hoping the platform will adjust its algorithm to allow those stories to be told, on this day of all days. May all who died on 9/11 rest in peace. https://t.co/AScuaCNMkj

[Ben Phillips @benphillips76]

This is so good.

Man wakes up and it is 250 years later.

[cdbrzezinski 💚🌹 @cdbrzezinski]

@ExtinctionR @XRIbiza It’s time to #BanCruiseShips They are a terrible contributor to emissions and pollution.

“We found out that pollution from the cruise ship industry is still massive, even despite that they claim newer vessels are clean and green.”

https://t.co/5fzYp7PpSM

[Brent Toderian @BrentToderian]

Please watch this. It isn’t just a story of resilience & recovery. It’s also a reminder of the opposite —how easy it is for us to damage entire ecosystems, of which we are a part, with the human-caused loss of species. It affects everything. HT @MikeHudema

[Colin Goring @clgoring]

@michaeljforster @swartable https://t.co/kmjQwWwkel

[Colin McCarthy @US_Stormwatch]

California has seen the driest start to the calendar year in recorded history. In 125+ years of records, no January-July period has ever been drier.

All part of the worst megadrought in at least 1200 years for the American West.

[Δ Ξ L T Λ 🏳️‍⚧️ @DeltaVaran]

Climate activists here in France went to golf courses and filled the holes with concrete

France is facing massive droughts but golf greens have been exempted from water restrictions, so people are taking action

[Ireland's Environmentalists @IrelandsEnviro]

On my (@IrishRainforest) second last day on this account, I want to talk about the big lie that is Irish 'forests'.

One of these is a forest, one of them most definitely is not.

One covers around 1% of Ireland, the other 10%.

[Stephanie Fung @StephAFung]

The team at @DooleyPR did an amazing job putting this campaign together. Now to see it in action!

[Stephanie Fung @StephAFung]

Looking for a beautiful family home in Brandon with the absolute best to-die-for custom kitchen, heated floors, custom lighting in the living room, a massive backyard, and so much more?

Check it out. Show your friends and family!

https://t.co/7vcjYxNxOH

[Sigma @sigma_da_enigma]

At one point, Red Hat Linux had a "Redneck" language option for its installer. I'll just leave these images here: