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'Heads are exploding': How security experts see the Signal war-plan breach

Messages on Signal are encrypted — journalists at NPR and other outlets use it as a way to maintain privacy. The first Trump administration targeted such apps five years ago, complaining that their messages couldn't be decrypted even by law enforcement agencies with a warrant

#messaging #signal #privacy #infosec #security #cybersecurity #hackers #encryption #technology #tech

npr.org/2025/03/25/nx-s1-53397

So @pidgin 3.0 Experimental 2 is due out on Monday and we realized we could probably sneaking message formatting in for #IRCv3 in the last few days.

This still needs some work, but check out the Pidgin 2 vs 3 handling of message formatting...

I thought we fixed the italics stuff in Pidgin 2 awhile, but apparently not.

Anyways this is all spec complaint per modern.ircdocs.horse/formatting

If you have any questions, comments, etc feel free!

WhatsApp can be set as the default on iPhones for the first time

For the first time, iPhone users will have the option to select a non-Apple app as the default for messages and calls. Siri doesn't want to know about it.

heise.de/en/news/WhatsApp-can-

heise online · WhatsApp can be set as the default on iPhones for the first time
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WhatsApp lässt sich auf iPhones erstmals als Standard festlegen

iPhone-Nutzer erhalten zum ersten Mal die Option, eine Nicht-Apple-App als Standard für Nachrichten und Anrufe zu wählen. Siri will davon nichts wissen.

heise.de/news/WhatsApp-laesst-

heise online · Messaging und Telefonie in iOS 18: WhatsApp wird wahlweise Standard
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Days after the Signal leak, the Pentagon warned the app was the target of hackers

Several days after top national security officials accidentally included a reporter in a Signal chat about bombing Houthi sites in Yemen, a Pentagon-wide advisory warned against using the messaging app, even for unclassified information.

#Signal #messaging #encryption #privacy #pentagon #government #technology #tech

npr.org/2025/03/25/nx-s1-53398

📢 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗿 𝗕𝗲 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗱

The Parkland students didn’t wait to be labeled—𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵.

➤ “We’re not anti-gun. We’re pro-survival.”

Who sets the narrative, shapes reality.

𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆 𝘁𝗶𝗽: Don’t explain. Frame.