Reiner Herrmann @reinerh@layer8.space

The FBI produced this nice chart comparing what kinds of privacy leaks the various messaging apps have.

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/whatsapp-imessage-facebook-apple-fbi-privacy-1261816/

Cyberkriminelle überall
#hacking #pinguine

We just noticed that Android 12 includes a much stricter implementation of "app-links": https://developer.android.com/training/app-links/verify-site-associations

Afaiu if you don't control a domain your app will never show up in the app chooser for a link to that domain. The user needs to explicitly setup your app for said domain deep in the settings.

This is super inconvenient for all the 3rd Part apps out there (i.e. NewPipe) or even alternative builds of 1st Party apps (F-Droid build of Wikipedia app).

Free Apple support. https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2021/11/18/free-apple-support/ - we're here to help the struggling companies.

The Matrix Specification has a new stable release! It adds knocking, cross-signing, and an all-new platform thanks to Will Bamberg.

We're also now going to update the Spec quarterly.

To get the full details, read the Matrix Spec v1.1 announcement.

https://matrix.org/blog/2021/11/09/matrix-v-1-1-release

Hui, ausführliche Sicherheitsanalyse von Threema. Fazit: Nehmt lieber Signal. https://soatok.blog/2021/11/05/threema-three-strikes-youre-out/

„Die Benachrichtigung durch die Corona-Warn-App über ein erhöhtes Risiko ermöglicht einen kostenlosen PCR-Test.“ Bitte unbedingt teilen, weil viele das nicht wisse. Und den Test wegen der Kosten evtl. nicht machen. https://www.coronawarn.app/de/faq/#vac_cert_red_warning

Debian 11 bullseye has been released! https://bits.debian.org/2021/08/bullseye-released.html

The release of Debian 11 "bullseye" is underway! #ReleasingDebianBullseye

https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2021/08/07/Apps-Get-Worse is worth reading, though its a bit ranty. The core idea he's talking about is one that it is rarely taught yet is really valuable to learn: sometimes the best choice is to not change something.