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Signal (and many other messengers) stores push tokens in their database in plai…
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@arianvp Arian, thanks for your toot, super informative. Can I ask a dumb quest…
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@onekind Signal sends an empty notification. It wouldn't even be possible f…
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More technical details herehttps://blog.phnx.im/privacy-of-push-notifications/A…
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@andre_meister originally broke this story in 2023. Thanks for bringing it to l…
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@arianvp I'm not super inclined to go full-on "Signal is compromised a…
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@arianvp I'll be talking about it in my talk on metadata protection in mess…
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@arianvp @letoams Does signal claim users are anonymous?
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@arianvp Signal gets routine requests from feds for data.They say they only sto…
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@arianvp are you really, *really* sure that this represents an actual deanonymi…
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@gnat Yes. 100%Apple will give all your personal details in exchange for a push…
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@gnat The issue has been thoroughly reported on by journalists in 2023. Apple …
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@arianvp Do you have some reason to believe that? Seems equally likely to me th…
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@arianvp @andre_meister On the Android side of things, the culprit is Google Pl…
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@arianvp I highly recommend https://simplex.chat/ since it has no identifiers a…
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@ParetoOptimalDev @arianvp what security issues does simplex have?
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@hipsterelectron I see possible availability issues at least; doing their own p…
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@wonka @hipsterelectron @ParetoOptimalDev @arianvp I bought into that lie, too.…
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@gnat Apps that aren't end to end encrypted and don't go out of their w…
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@arianvp okay; so you’re guessing, but you think you’re guessing correctly.…
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@gnat Yes this is a great point. Indeed signal does a good job at not linking…
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@arianvp if they can get into the phone and open signal they know a lot more th…
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@gnat e2ee and Anonymity are two separate things and we shouldn't conflate …
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@gnat To give a contrived example: "Arian was part of the Anti-Putin-Rall…
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@arianvp Ah, okay. Your theory is that push ids link users to devices, and ther…
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@gnat @gnat In the signal protocol every participant of a chat knows the accoun…
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@gnat Law enforcement then makes a request for a database record for a specifi…
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@gnat Same for Wire. Given an account id, you can get the list of push tokens:…
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@gnat the push id and the device id *have* to be linkable. That's how you a…
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@arianvp "signal has never admitted this happening" implies that they…
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@arianvp apple does not appear to specifically identify signal as the target of…
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@hipsterelectron I'm literally linking to the source code where you can see…
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@arianvp where is the link???????
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@arianvp if this issue has been raised to signal i would like to see their resp…
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@hipsterelectron yes Apple has blame too. They could've built a more privac…
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@arianvp you have the link to reuters which does not mention signal and the lin…
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@hipsterelectron the fact that signal has actively been banning forks that disa…
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@hipsterelectron where there is smoke there is fire. And apple just published A…
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@arianvp @hipsterelectron wdym banning forks? Like banning accounts that login …
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@hipsterelectron @ParetoOptimalDev @arianvp Lots. And it's run by nazis.The…
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@ParetoOptimalDev @arianvp @delta I like https://delta.chat/en/ a lot. Seems se…
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@pekka @ParetoOptimalDev @arianvp Delta uses the described method for push noti…
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@feld @arianvp @ParetoOptimalDev Push notifications in Delta seem ok to me, tho…
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@pekka @arianvp @ParetoOptimalDev wake the app, then it syncs is all it does AI…
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@ParetoOptimalDev @arianvp SimpleX Chat uses APNS too:https://github.com/simple…
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@astro I'm not exactly sure what eats all my battery, but with two Matrix c…
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@wonka Check server info in Conversations, and maybe one Matrix client is enoug…
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@arianvp 2nd time I talk about this blog post today: https://unifiedpush.org/ne…
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@S1m Google publishes the amount of government requests for user data they rece…
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@S1m I think it's a first that Apple is coming forward specifically with in…
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@feld @arianvp @ParetoOptimalDev @feld Sorry, didn't quite catch what you m…
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@pekka @feld @arianvp @ParetoOptimalDev Feld was right even if a bit brief: Th…
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@delta @pekka @feld @arianvp @ParetoOptimalDev Note that signal notifications a…
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@arianvp @hipsterelectron Signal with sealed sender enabled is set up such that…
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@arianvp and this is why you don't use #PushNotifications and espechally no…
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@delta @pekka @feld @ParetoOptimalDev you're missing the point. I'm not…
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@delta @pekka @feld @ParetoOptimalDev if delta doesn't integrate with these…
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@hipsterelectron https://functional.cafe/@arianvp/114626609850588449
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@arianvp @delta @pekka @ParetoOptimalDev nobody else to my knowledge is doing t…
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@astro I'd love to have only one Matrix client, but I'd need one that s…
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@arianvp @delta @pekka @feld @ParetoOptimalDevThe good thing for delta here is …
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@ParetoOptimalDev @arianvp haskell bootstrap...
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@arianvp that's on me mastodon failed to load those replies. i'm sorry …
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@arianvp linking to source code without an analysis is not actually proof of an…
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@arianvp That's a good thing. This surveillance tool is known for years but…
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@ParetoOptimalDev Signal can also be used without APN or FCM.
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@walnut @feld @arianvp @ParetoOptimalDev @pekka @JustinDerrick the need for cen…
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@hipsterelectron @arianvp well, being owned by openly transphobic people, for o…
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@Natanael_L @arianvp @hipsterelectron dude. it's a centralized service. the…
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@[email protected] But how could a server push notification to device if …
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@Orca you can't. I'm not saying their implementation is wrong. I'm …
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@[email protected] Yeah I remember there's an instant messaging proje…
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@arianvp I've been involved in numerous criminal cases where the Police sta…
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@dgold that is a different thing altogether. That's talking about the notif…
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@arianvp I have to say that I am impressed at your patience because I would hav…
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@aroacemagicalnerd Thanks. I don't mind the questions. And I'm happy to…
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@arianvp @aroacemagicalnerd is molly with a known good unified push provider a …
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@arianvp no google play services, no push notifications, no problem?Or is it no…
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@dantalionyes, problem. because communication and security is a team sport. wil…
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@zeh @dantalion so I think on Android the story is better as you can use your o…
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@Andromxda @onekind it's an identifier number that both you and apple store…
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@dantalion correct.
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@arianvp Hello, I have a question I hope you will not find offensive."Sign…
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@mcc the server code is open source. I've linked to the code in the thread.
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@arianvp thanks
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@arianvp you’re explaining and documenting the part that I already believe; w…
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@arianvp specifically, I’m not seeing that all participants know the device i…
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@arianvp if this code meant what you say it means, then the list of devices is …
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@gnat Correct signal stores your phone number. That's how they can verify y…
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@arianvp I don’t think I buy that - in https://signal.org/bigbrother/eastern-…
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@gnat @arianvp Signal was suspiciously silent on the topic of push tokens.When …
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@gnat @arianvp I see 3 potential reasons for them being silent:1. They have bee…
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@gnat @arianvp And FYI, Signal's privacy policy does say they store push to…
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@pixelschubsi @arianvp can you link to any instance of the question being put t…
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@gnat https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Server/blob/a1b0c1a4aa03ee24cb37f0358…
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@arianvp @gnat I just want to say that I'm grateful for your comments, both…
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@arianvp fair enough. I’m persuaded that if the feds have already managed to …
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@arianvp, US law states:"No provider of wire or electronic communication …
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