Второй онлайн-день #DotNext закончился.
В числе прочего был интересный разговор на тему «Страх и ненависть в Open Source», но я вам о некоторых особо заметных случаях рассказывал уже вот тут и тут. Ещё послушал про обратное соединение распиленного монолита (бывает, что и такое нужно!) и ещё пару докладов.
В целом, впечатления противоречивые. Опишу кратко.
Плюсы:
1. Высочайшего качества техническая организация. Ничего не глючило, чистая картинка и звук, удобный UI.
2. Были полезные и практичные вещи, интересные.
3. Реально отвечали на вопросы в чате в реалтайм-режиме.
Что прошло ниже моих ожиданий (я впервые на такой дорогой IT-конференции):
1. Наверное, подсознательно я ожидал что с учётом цены билета буквально каждый доклад будет супер звёздным уровня "Торвальдс лично рассказывает подробности устройства ядра Linux, и делает это с шутками и котиками". Но доклады в среднем довольно обычные. Некоторые поверхностные, другие на очень далёкую от меня тему. И ещё их не очень много, не то, чтоб был гигантский выбор. Хотя, справедливости ради, больше 2-3 лекций в день тяжело осилить.
2. Интерактивные фишки формально заявлены: виртуальные стенды и квизы. По факту, во-первых, стенды и квизы полностью повторяют друг друга, во-вторых, их было всего два, и интересный (на мой личный взгляд) только один. Я ожидал, что их хотя бы десяток будет.
3. Часть обсуждения в Telegram, часть прямо в онлайн-чате лекции, и это, на мой взгляд, не пошло на пользу. Мне не хотелось вступать в Telegram-чат, но активность в основном чате лекции была низкой, при этом с телефона такой чат вообще не подразумевался.
Я для себя убедился, что всё-таки именно мне в таких мероприятиях важна офлайновость: прийти и вживую потусить, получить мерч, поучаствовать в активностях. Чисто в онлайн-формате сугубо на мой взгляд мероприятие себя не окупает. Посмотрим, что будет в офлайне 27-го числа, напишу вам отзыв.
#dev
Elon Musk has confirmed that #Twitter 2.0 - The Everything App - will bring end-to-end #encryption (E2EE) for direct messages and long-form tweets to the platform.
Read: https://thehackernews.com/2022/11/elon-musk-confirms-twitter-20-will.html
⚡️Du Rove's Channel: France's Encryption Debate Continues
#encryption#freedom#privacy
Last month, France's Senate passed a law for mandatory messaging app backdoors for police, but it was rejected by the National Assembly, preserving citizens' privacy. Despite rejection, the debate reignites as the Paris Police Prefect supports the law. Du Rove's Channel highlights the importance of encryption for protecting ordinary people's privacy and the ongoing need to defend digital freedoms.
Source: link
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SimpleX Chat (SimpleX Chat - e2e encrypted messenger without any user IDs - private by design!)
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#SimpleXchat#security#privacy#encryption#E2EE
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KryptEY - Secure E2EE communication
An Android keyboard for secure end-to-end-encrypted messages through the Signal protocol in any messenger. Communicate securely and independent, regardless of the legal situation or whether messengers use E2EE. No server needed.
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F-Droid
https://f-droid.org/packages/com.amnesica.kryptey/
IzzyOnDroid
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Reminder : new apps available in F-Droid app may not emmediatly show on the F-Droid web site ( ie when you share the link app it returns a 404 error ) some extra time is needed for both to be available
https://gitlab.com/fdroid/wiki/-/wikis/FAQ#how-long-does-it-take-for-my-app-to-show-up-on-website-and-client
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OpenSSL is a free, open-source toolkit that helps secure data by using strong encryption methods like TLS, SSL, and QUIC protocols. It includes libraries for cryptography and a command-line tool to create keys, certificates, encrypt data, and test security. OpenSSL is widely trusted and used by many software and websites to protect sensitive information during transmission, ensuring privacy and data integrity. It works on many operating systems and is regularly updated by a global community. Using OpenSSL helps you build secure applications and protect communications from cyber threats easily and reliably[1][3][5].
https://github.com/openssl/openssl
🚀 Telegram CEO Criticizes WhatsApp's Encryption Practices
Telegram CEO Pavel Durov has criticized WhatsApp's end-to-end encryption, labeling it as a 'massive consumer fraud.' According to ChainCatcher, Durov highlighted that approximately 95% of private messages are stored in unencrypted backups on Apple and Google servers.
Durov expressed concerns that this situation poses a risk to user privacy. Despite WhatsApp's claims of using end-to-end encryption for message transmission, the backup mechanism fails to ensure complete encryption of user information. His remarks have sparked industry attention regarding privacy protection measures in mainstream communication applications.
#Telegram#WhatsApp#Encryption#Privacy#DataSecurity#PavelDurov#CyberSecurity#MessagingApps#TechNews#EndToEndEncryption
🚀 Security Concerns Arise Over LLM Agent API Routers
On April 10, Solayer founder @Fried_rice highlighted on social media the growing reliance of large language model (LLM) agents on third-party API routers, which distribute tool call requests to multiple upstream providers. According to BlockBeats, these routers operate as application layer proxies and can access each JSON payload in plaintext during transmission. However, no provider currently enforces encryption integrity protection between the client and upstream models.
A study tested 28 paid routers purchased from platforms like Taobao, Xianyu, and Shopify independent sites, along with 400 free routers collected from public communities. The findings revealed that one paid router and eight free routers were actively injecting malicious code. Additionally, two routers deployed adaptive evasion triggers, 17 accessed AWS Canary credentials owned by researchers, and one stole ETH from a private key held by researchers.
Further poisoning studies demonstrated that seemingly harmless routers could also be exploited. A leaked OpenAI key was used to generate 100 million GPT-5.4 tokens and over seven Codex sessions. Weaker bait configurations resulted in 2 billion billing tokens, 99 credentials across 440 Codex sessions, and 401 sessions running autonomously in YOLO mode.
The research team developed an experimental proxy named Mine, capable of executing all four types of attacks on four public proxy frameworks. They also verified three client defense strategies: fault lock strategy gating, response-side anomaly screening, and append-only transparent logging.
#LLM#API#Security#CyberSecurity#Malware#DataBreach#Encryption#Proxy#AI#MachineLearning#ETH
#TBOT Show 7: The Significance of Dorsey’s Bitchat, Worlds First eSIM Hack, Mexico’s Digital ID, New Show Source Insights
Took a week off and now I’m back. 😎 (with a new addition to the show?!) (also - big sorry for the show being 40 minutes)
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https://odysee.com/@takebackourtech:f/tbot-show-7:6
Here’s the stories for the week:
Jack #Dorsey’s #Bitchat - The Real Story: The tech mogul Jack Dorsey released a censorship proof messaging app in late June - named Bitchat. It runs a #bluetooth#mesh network, end to end #e2e#encryption, and rolling IDs and is picking up traction. I share my thoughts on the app, and concerns I have - but that’s not even the real story. I think Jack has a bigger message than just the app.
World’s First #eSIM Hack: A security lab out of Poland just demonstrated a hack on one of the largest SIM providers for IoT devices. We’ll get techy in our understanding and ask the question, could this impact our phones?
#DigitalID, Coming Soon To #Mexico: The Mexican government has signed a new #Biometric#ID law, known as the CURP. How is this enforced and what does it mean for Mexican residents? Find out today.
Decentralized #Video Conferencing: Recently I’ve been relying more on video conferences instead of calling people, especially while traveling. Good thing I’ve got the #Jitsi app, I’ll show you my setup!
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