Phillip Demro

Right now there are a lot of new eyes on Signal, and not all of them are familiar with secure messaging and its nuances. Which means there’s misinfo flying around that might drive people away from Signal and private communications. One piece of misinfo we need to address is the claim that there are ‘vulnerabilities’ in Signal. This isn’t accurate. Reporting on a Pentagon advisory memo appears to be at the heart of the misunderstanding: npr.org/2025/03/25/nx-…. The memo used the term ‘vulnerability’ in relation to Signal—but it had nothing to do with Signal’s core tech. It was warning against phishing scams targeting Signal users. Phishing isn’t new, and it’s not a flaw in our encryption or any of Signal’s underlying technology. Phishing attacks are a constant threat for popular apps and websites. In order to help protect people from falling victim to sophisticated phishing attacks, Signal introduced new user flows and in-app warnings. This work has been completed for some time and is unrelated to any current events. If you’re interested in learning more, this WIRED article from February 19th (over a month ago) goes into more detail: wired.com/story/russia-s… Signal is open source, so our code is regularly scrutinized in addition to regular formal audits. We also constantly monitor security@signal.org for any new reports, and we act on them with quickness while also working to protect the people who rely on us from outside threats like phishing with warnings and safeguards. This is why Signal remains the gold standard for private, secure communications.

@GrapheneOS Thank you for what you do @GrapheneOS devs!

GrapheneOS version 2025032100 released: #2025032100" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">grapheneos.org/releases#20250… See the linked release notes for a summary of the improvements over the previous release. Forum discussion thread: discuss.grapheneos.org/d/21062-graphe… #GrapheneOS #privacy #security

@GopherHole Out till after the break, at least

Most fragile team in MLB.

@midwestern_ope Aunt Edna's 82nd birthday celebration

You just had to be there

@TechloreInc Chromium is still a great option! I am partial to FireFox myself

It went underreported since Chrome stole the show, but Edge has also disabled uBlock Origin. There's never been a better time to migrate to a better browser like Firefox, Brave, and the countless Firefox forks that still support UBO.

Microsoft has invented a new state of matter and yet also done this.

@SpaceForceDoD Our blue marble 😍

An X-37B onboard camera, used to ensure the health and safety of the vehicle, captures an image of Earth while conducting experiments in HEO in 2024.The X-37B executed a series of first-of-kind maneuvers, called aerobraking, to safely change its orbit using minimal fuel.

A couple reflections on the quantum computing breakthrough we just announced... Most of us grew up learning there are three main types of matter that matter: solid, liquid, and gas. Today, that changed. After a nearly 20 year pursuit, we’ve created an entirely new state of matter, unlocked by a new class of materials, topoconductors, that enable a fundamental leap in computing. It powers Majorana 1, the first quantum processing unit built on a topological core. We believe this breakthrough will allow us to create a truly meaningful quantum computer not in decades, as some have predicted, but in years. The qubits created with topoconductors are faster, more reliable, and smaller. They are 1/100th of a millimeter, meaning we now have a clear path to a million-qubit processor. Imagine a chip that can fit in the palm of your hand yet is capable of solving problems that even all the computers on Earth today combined could not! Sometimes researchers have to work on things for decades to make progress possible. It takes patience and persistence to have big impact in the world. And I am glad we get the opportunity to do just that at Microsoft. This is our focus: When productivity rises, economies grow faster, benefiting every sector and every corner of the globe. It’s not about hyping tech; it’s about building technology that truly serves the world.

(Unironically)

Love the nerd rage energy here

There's no legitimate reason for any app to ban GrapheneOS users. It has the full standard security model and massive security improvements. There's no logic in banning GrapheneOS. It makes no sense for them to ban anything when they permit a device with no patches for 10 years. It's performative. GrapheneOS fully supports standard Android hardware attestation for verifying the hardware, firmware and operating system along with the app that's using it. See grapheneos.org/articles/attes…. If apps insist on checking device integrity, that's the only way they should do it. Play Integrity API checks that Google's monopolies are supported through devices licensing Google Mobile Services and integrating their browser, search engine, advertising, etc. It's anti-competitive and clearly illegal. Multiple governments are taking regulatory action and are in contact with us.

Science is already hard science.org/content/articl…

Signal is a good option! Worst US hack in history: Chinese can monitor all your calls and emails. tuta.com/blog/china-sal…

@HistoricHub Soon (already?) the only way to know if content is real vs. AI generated will be corporations and/or gov't archives certifying content as such

Hopefully I can see #aurora 's another 10 or 20 times in my life!

As a baseball and @MLB fan, it is interesting that year-over-year they have cutover from "powered by AWS" to "powered by Google Cloud". Considering that cloud providers notoriously make it difficult to migrate, I wonder if they actually migrated? #probablyOnAzure

Coast Guard divers PO2 Chuck Fox & PO2 Corey Smith tackle a shaft seal leak on @USCG Cutter Polar Star in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. Since '55, the U.S. military has supported antarctic research.

This is amazing 'Unusually interesting sight': See what man was doing while doctors operated on him cnn.com/videos/us/2024…

Careful when you’re ice fishing folks 👀

This is both funny as fuck and sad as fuck