π¨ Time is Running Out to Save Encryption π
Ofcom is consulting on implementing message scanning powers in the UK Online Safety Act.
This would break end-to-end encryption on the messaging apps we all use!
β° CLOSES Monday 10 March, 5pm.
Use our tool to tell Ofcom #PracticeSafeText π¬
ACT NOW β¬οΈ
https://action.openrightsgroup.org/48-hours-tell-ofcom-practice-safe-text
X (Elon Musk) is blocking links to Signal, a secure messaging platform used by federal workers. That should tell you that Signal is a smart messaging app to use.
By popular demand, a single post to boost global switch day across multiple platforms on February 1st 2025.β©
For those who can no longer get behind Musk or Meta's new policies and feel like switching (e.g. from #Whatsapp to #Signal, from #Instagram to #Pixelfed or from #X to #Mastodon) I made you some graphics to use freely in communicating with your contacts.
Letβs lead by example π
Let's just be clear: #Telegram has proven that they'll gladly accommodate nation states and probably has been doing so for years.
To think that it is secure when all the content, all the messages, are actually available to the company - albeit dispersed across nation states - is false.
#Privacy is #security, full stop. You've got #Signal for IM, #Session as well, not to mention #Matrix for group chats and servers. All have actual, factual peer-to-peer encryption and obvious key systems.
A reminder for people who want to limit their #Meta intake:
#WhatsApp > #Signal (https://signal.org)
#Instagram > #Pixelfed (https://pixelfed.org)
#Threads > #Mastodon (https://joinmastodon.org)
#Facebook > #Friendica (https://friendi.ca), #Hubzilla (https://hubzilla.org)