@kkarhan@infosec.spaceTHIS is where I disagree...
You may think it's elitist, but if people are too lazy to learn even fundamentals like how to use #Tails then maybe they should just not do #tech at all?
- Like: We expect people to show at the every least theoretical proficiency in terms of #TrafficCode and #VehicleSafety in +every juristiction I'm aware of* and literally mandated #DrivingLicense|s for that reason.
I'll gladly teach #TechIlliterates but I won't waste my time on people that spread disinfo [infosec.space]...
It's 2024: @tails_live / @tails has been out for over a decade and there are a shitload of guides ranging from written documentation to Zoomer-friendly TikTok-Style shorts on how to get started.
I don't expect people to do #airgapped pffline-PGP [www.youtube.com] but with @thunderbird including #Enigmail and not requiring any external dependencies like the god-awful #GPG4Win stuff's easier than ever.
Same with #mobile: #Appls like @monocles / #monoclesChat are so easy, I've been able to onboard literal tech-illiterates remotely with few steps and simple instructions [docs.monocles.eu].
FOR THE LAST TIME:
*STOP MAKING EXCUSES TO JUSTIFY ESCALATING COMMITMENT TO EVIDENTLY BAD SOLUTIONS!"
- Cuz when push comes to shove [web.archive.org] @Mer__edith herself would introduce a #Govware #backdoor into @signalapp when faced with indefinite jailtime...
Whereas with #SelfCustody of all the keys as well as #ReproduceableBuilds and real #decentralization, this would be evidently impossible even if all the devs wanted to comply honestly and not just because they could be held at gunpoint.
- #Signal is not your friend. It's merely a tax-exempt "non-profit" corporation, and corporations are explicitly nobodys friend - espechally when they demand #PII like phone numbers [infosec.space] for useage.
Compare that to #monocles where you do pay like €2 p.m. but in return get #standard #protocols like #IMAP, #SMTP & #XMPP and can pay anonymously [monocles.eu] and not have to provide any PII whatsoever!
Make of that what you will, but just like allowing flatearthers to roam freely without caretaker supervision doesn't make the world less round, so won't the facts change about #ITsec, #InfoSec, #OpSec & #ComSec.
- The only reason Signal is still online and not #pwned like #EncroChat is because it's either a Sting op like #ANØM aka. #OperationIronside aka. #OperationTrøjanShield or they have already backdoored their #backend so hard that all their #marketing is just #lies like #Apple...
Because all #centralized, #SingleVendor & #SingleProvider solutions are bad, and if they don't even allow for #SelfCustody then they are just a #grift to #scam tech-illiterates that don't know and/or don't care!