Vanstra

Privacy | Cryptography

[Vanstra @vanstra]

@D66_Stemmer @Boreout Je doet nu precies hetzelfde met deze post.

[Vanstra @vanstra]

@serieus_even2 @patricksavalle @kurtvs Dus duidt dit echt op een controle middel, en daarbij ook het wantrouwen vanuit de Griekse overheid, richting de eigen bevolking.

[Vanstra @vanstra]

@RaymondJousma @BijleveldHil Gelijk maar weer gaan schelden. Typisch links.

[Vanstra @vanstra]

@serieus_even2 @patricksavalle @kurtvs Ik heb het ook niet over misbruik, maar meer dat er een soort 'indirecte dwang' komt, omdat als technisch iets kan het dan ook gebruik zal worden. Privacy zal daarbij altijd ten koste gaan van gemak en veiligheid.

[Vanstra @vanstra]

@patricksavalle Wat een aanname. Misschien werk ik zelf wel in die wereld.

[Vanstra @vanstra]

@patricksavalle @kurtvs @serieus_even2 'Het onderliggende probleem is dat de Griekse overheid de digitalisering misbruikt voor centrale controle' En deze glijdende schaal gaan we ook via de EC in de EU zien.

[Reclaim The Net @ReclaimTheNetHQ]

Texas Just Leaked 3 Million Driver’s Licenses and Passports

The same government now demanding digital ID to enter websites just proved it can’t guard the identity documents it already holds.

https://t.co/PS1fAgPWur

[Kevin Ravens₿erg ⚡️ @KevinR4v]

We've finally reached budget level coinjoins with https://t.co/uPqse1gYgJ 🕶️ Great privacy for a small mining fee 🔥

[International Cyber Digest @IntCyberDigest]

‼️ BREAKING: Volkswagen has banned GrapheneOS users from using their app. Users are reporting they can't log in or control their car anymore. Users are confused, saying Volkswagen allows their app to be used on End-of-Life Android versions, but not on fully patched GrapheneOS.

[Paul Moore - Security Consultant  @Paul_Reviews]

You might think banning/restricting VPNs was the plan.

It's not.

The #onlineSafetyAct doesn't work. They know it.
Banning #VPNs won't work. They know it.

The next logical & entirely predictable step is banning #encryption entirely... "to protect children".

Mark my words.

[Reclaim The Net @ReclaimTheNetHQ]

France just torched its own backdoor argument.

They push Chat Control to scan your private messages “for safety” … while their official gov app Tchap got breached via one social-engineered account.

73k agents, 643k messages, 13.5GB files exposed.

The same state that can’t secure its own messages wants master keys to everyone’s chats.

[Benonwine @benonwine]

If Digital ID is so safe and secure, why would MPs and members of the Royal Family need exemptions?

[Polymarket @Polymarket]

NEW: U.K. advances proposal to force Apple, Google, Signal, & other platforms to scan private content on users’ devices — executives could face prison if they refuse.

[CR1337 @CR1337]

You can just do things:

This guy turned a cheap smart light bulb into a secret banned book library. It creates its own open WiFi hotspot + web server full of EPUBs.

"As long as the light bulb is switched on, then anyone in the vicinity can still access the banned material assuming they have an electronic device with WiFi. Since the device is a light bulb, it would be difficult to detect and likely to go unnoticed."

Awesome!

[Vanstra @vanstra]

@callebtc And https://t.co/1KOYo7LBmN

[John Scott-Railton @jsrailton]

The ban will fail. But the privacy loss will be permanent.

Long after UK teens have bypassed it (just as Australian kids did, by the way)...

...the British will be stuck self-doxxing to surveillance gatekeepers to use the internet.

Embarrassing legacy for Starmer, who should know better.

And a daily reminder to Brits of government overreach.

[International Cyber Digest @IntCyberDigest]

🚨 The Council of Europe has allegedly been breached. Over 297 GB of HR and payroll data, more than 429,000 files, has been compromised.

It marks the second major hit on European institutions this year. In March, the EU Commission, ENISA, and the Directorate-General for Digital Services were breached.

[International Cyber Digest @IntCyberDigest]

🚨 BrEaKiNg: Splunk, a security product, has zero authentication in its built-in database service and accepts any credentials, according to the security researchers who just dropped a full pre-auth RCE chain for Splunk Enterprise (CVE-2026-20253, CVSS 9.8).

Splunk Enterprise on AWS is vulnerable out of the box.

[Christophe Boutry @Ced_haurus]

📲 Saviez-vous que dans iOS 27, Apple a prévu une liste de pays où le chiffrement des messages RCS (SMS) est interdit ?

Chine 🇨🇳. Corée du Sud 🇰🇷. France 🇫🇷.

Le reste du monde déploie l'E2EE, le chiffrement de bout en bout entre iPhone et Android. Une avancée majeure pour la confidentialité de vos SMS.

En France, c'est bloqué.

Les opérateurs sont prêts techniquement. Ce n'est pas un problème d'infrastructure. C'est un choix politique.

Les raisons sont multiples, la France ayant toujours une longueur d'avance pour affaiblir votre sécurité et s'assurer de pouvoir garder un oeil sur vous. Mais l'une des pistes probables : La PNIJ - la Plateforme Nationale des Interceptions Judiciaires. Un outil qui permet à l'État d'accéder à vos communications. Le chiffrement de bout en bout sur ces millions d'échanges quotidiens lui couperait l'accès. Définitivement.

Alors notre gouvernement fait tout pour que vous restiez exposés.

[Mullvad.net @mullvadnet]

This is what the UK spyware proposal means.

There must be government spyware on every mobile device. It shall watch everything that happens, including always watching the screen, looking for things the government disapproves of.

When anything is flagged by the software as something the government doesn't like, the software must block it from being sent or displayed (in realtime).

The user of the device must not be able to shut this watching and blocking off. The only way to shut it off would be to ask the government or its proxies to do so for you, at their discretion.

Therefore the whole device must be locked down. Administrator rights and the decision of what software or operating system to run or not to run must be taken from the owner/user and handed to the government and its proxies.

Apple and Google are themselves working hard to lock down the devices they are involved in to shut out competition and establish a duopoly.

The UK government says it is "working closely" with Apple and Google and currently they synchronise and coordinate their communication on this subject.

The UK government is now proposing to mandate what would otherwise be illegal anti-competitive practices.

@GrapheneOS on the Apple and Google duopoly:
https://t.co/rbRmcUDTRu

Statement from @signalapp
https://t.co/vJILcSrs4s

@ReclaimTheNetHQ on the state spyware:
https://t.co/3FCi06bP77

The government announcement:
https://t.co/ynYjR3DIRo