[ale] Secure Family Comms

[Charles Shapiro]

I had a Bad Experience with Signal.  It apparently auto-syncs your contact
list with Google. That means that any un-synced contacts on your phone will
vanish.  My contact list went from 600 to 30 in a matter of minutes.  Not
Fun.

Of course, if you don't sync your contacts to Google, you take
responsibility for backing them up.  So it was more a minor annoyance than
a hair on fire problem.

-- CHS

On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 10:24 AM, Dustin Strickland <
dustin.h.strickland at gmail.com> wrote:

> Signal bring compromised isn't even a question. WL just put out documents
> that show the CIA's capability to foil the encryption on all secure
> messaging services for mobile. They use os-level exploits and intercept
> communications before they're encrypted by the app. I no longer go out of
> my way to protect my privacy because it just doesn't help. They've ruined
> cyber security.
>
> On Mar 23, 2017 10:00 AM, "DJ-Pfulio" <DJPfulio at jdpfu.com> wrote:
>
>> Signal is a huge target. I have ZERO doubt that all that traffic is
>> being captured for later decryption. A weakness WILL BE FOUND and
>> exploited, if not in the program, in the OS hosting it.
>>
>> If you are a dissident group trying to alter a government, might want to
>> keep looking for a less popular solution. Use a little trade-craft in
>> your OpSec.
>>
>> I believe that a false sense of security is worse than believing
>> everything is non-secure, and acting appropriately.
>>
>> But if you are sharing secret family recipes, it is probably good
>> enough.  The more traffic on the internet that is encrypted, the better.
>> Easier to hide a raindrop in a rainstorm than hiding a single balloon on
>> a sunny day.
>>
>> Don't believe all the marketing hype - even the stuff I quoted below
>> about retroshare.  Do some packet sniffing. See what leaks.
>>
>> For example, how many people are/were using Lastpass? How many leaked
>> credentials got out due to the latest flaw with FF/chrome plugins. An
>> online password manager just seems foolish to me.  I prefer my password
>> manager NOT to having any network code.
>>
>>
>> On 03/23/2017 09:21 AM, Ted W. wrote:
>> > If all you want is a way to securely communicate with family use Signal.
>> > It's not for email but it makes a great Apple Messages replacement. My
>> > wife and I now use it since I moved off iOS and back to Android. It's
>> > about a simple as it can get for this sort of thing.
>> >
>> > -Ted
>> >
>> > On Wed, Mar 22, 2017 at 03:31:34PM -0400, DJ-Pfulio wrote:
>> >> On 03/22/2017 02:00 PM, Alex Carver wrote:
>> >>> I want to see something that is easy for my parents to use.
>> >>
>> >> Might be worth looking at RestroShare.
>> >>
>> >> http://retroshare.net/
>> >> "Retroshare creates encrypted connections to your friends. Nobody can
>> >> spy on you. Retroshare is completely decentralized. This means there
>> are
>> >> no central servers. It is entirely Open-Source and free. There are no
>> >> costs, no ads and no Terms of Service."
>> >>
>> >>
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