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Open Technology Fund@opentechfund.bsky.social · 2y ago

We are happy @opentechfund.bsky.social is supporting our mission to bridge the gap in the secure messenger space by developing a new technological foundation for secure and private messaging that combines functional, privacy, and security features in a way that addresses a variety of threat models.

Check out @opentechfund.bsky.social’s new Impacts & Outcomes page to learn about key results from our work!

Happy New Year! Phoenix R&D enters 2025 with some good news! Over the last few months we have doubled our team size, which will help us shorten our development cycles. We are excited about the new research projects. These projects also allow us to further diversify our sources of income. (🧵1/2)

This weekend, @raphaelrobert.bsky.social and @julianmair.com are joining the #GlobalGathering. We will be hosting a booth and circle on Saturday to discuss the current state of privacy preserving and decentralized messengers. We look forward to seeing you at there! Feel free to ping us!

We #hiring a full-time and a freelance Senior Rust Engineer to help us build the next generation of private & secure messaging. If you’re interested in joining our team, please apply today! For friends of secure messaging 🥷, please share our post with potential candidates.

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Jobs at Phoenix R&D GmbH. Browse all open positions and become part of our growing team! We are currently looking for additions to our company. Apply today!

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We attended the Real World Crypto Symposium in Toronto 🇨🇦 where @raphaelrobert.bsky.social talked about how far MLS has come since RWC 2019. Highlights: - Post-quantum resistance and how easy it is to upgrade from current schemes - Deployment in existing products like Webex and Discord (🧵1/2)

WhatsApp shared first details on how they will comply with the #DMA. We are critical of the Signal protocol, as there has never been a complete specification that allows secure implementation of the protocol. This was one of the main reasons to develop MLS. Our conversation with @netzpolitik.org👇

Interoperabilität: WhatsApp soll bald mit anderen Messengern reden können – netzpolitik.org

Wegen neuer Regeln in der EU muss WhatsApp sich so öffnen, dass die Nutzer:innen auch mit Kontakten auf anderen Messengern kommunizieren können. Nun hat WhatsApp erste Details verraten, wie das gehen soll. Doch grundsätzliche Probleme bleiben.

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In case you missed our talk about Messaging Layer Security (MLS) at #37C3, you can re-watch it now. MLS brings substantial improvements in performance and security compared to existing protocols. #securemessaging #encryption #e2ee #messaginglayersecurity

RFC 9420 or how to scale end-to-end encryption with Messaging Layer Security

They call it RFC 9420, we say MLS: A new IETF standard for end-to-end encryption was published in July and brings large improvements in p...

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We ended 2023 with a talk at #37C3. @raphaelrobert.bsky.social and Konrad presented Messaging Layer Security (MLS). The room was packed and some people couldn't attend – luckily the talk is now online. 🍿 media.ccc.de/v/37c3-12064... #securemessaging #encryption #e2ee #messaginglayersecurity

Today at #37c3, 3:45pm, Konrad and I will give a talk in hall Zuse about Messaging Layer Security (MLS). They call it RFC 9420, we say MLS: A new IETF standard for end-to-end encryption, bringing improvements in performance and security. 👉 fahrplan.events.ccc.de/congress/202...

Lecture: RFC 9420 or how to scale end-to-end encryption with Messaging Layer Security | Friday | Sch...

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We are very excited to be at #37c3 in Hamburg after a long pandemic break. On day 3 (29.12., 3:45pm), @raphaelrobert.bsky.social and Konrad will give a talk on “RFC 9420 – or how to scale end-to-end encryption with Messaging Layer Security (MLS)” 👉 fahrplan.events.ccc.de/congress/202...

Picture from the train with a computer on the table with an open presentation: "RFC 9420 - or how to scale end-to-end encryption with Messaging Layer Security (MLS)".

After @netzpolitik.org’s recent investigation into surveillance through push notifications, many people have been concerned about how their own privacy is affected when using messengers anonymously. In this blog post we examined the problem and what to do about it. Check it out 👇

On the privacy of push notifications

Push notifications are a mechanism through which applications can send and display notifications to users of smartphones. The infrastructure that drives these notifications in the background is a comp...

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Check out our blog post where we examine the push notification problem and address potential misconceptions! In the wake of recent reports on surveillance via push notifications, many people have been confused about it and how it affects their own privacy when using messengers anonymously.

On the privacy of push notifications

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Raphael Robert@raphaelrobert.bsky.social · 3y ago

First impactful measure following last week's splash about push notification surveillance: www.reuters.com/technology/a...

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Let's make this crystal clear: If you think you are anonymous because you - used a throwaway number for Signal - picked a completely random username for Wire/Matrix - were given a random username with Threema/Session YOU ARE NOT! You can be identified by the push tokens.

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This has been bothering me for a while and I'm glad there's finally more discussion about this. Push notifications are a problem for privacy, we need more transparency and changes in the way they work. netzpolitik.org/2023/push-di...

Push-Dienste: Behörden fragen Apple und Google nach Nutzern von Messenger-Apps – netzpolitik.org

Smartphone-Apps verschicken Benachrichtigungen über Apple und Google, auch vermeintlich sichere Messenger. Damit können Behörden Nutzer-Daten bei Smartphone-Firmen abfragen. Bis jetzt verweigern al...

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