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"Last week, Russia announced it will require that all new phones and tablets sold within its borders pre-install a messaging app called Max. Security experts who did technical analyses of Max’s software for Forbes said it’s a privacy nightmare.

While Russia’s interior ministry has claimed the app, made by Russian social media giant VK, is more secure than competitors, a cybersecurity researcher found that Max constantly monitored all user activity on the app with“excessive tracking.” The researcher, who completed the analysis with phone forensics tool Corellium, asked to remain anonymous for fear of reprisals by Russian intelligence agencies.

“This app just gathers all the data and logs it. I don’t remember seeing that in any messenger app,” they said. “Max is not secure at all. There is no cryptography, unless it’s hidden very well, but I doubt that. It is insecure by design to serve its purpose: people surveillance.”

Max was launched in March, and appears to be limited to Russian and Belarussian phone numbers. Functionally it works similar to messaging apps like Telegram and Whatsapp, but it also has an AI chatbot called GigaChat 2.0 and the ability to book travel and make bank transfers."

forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewste

ForbesKremlin-Mandated Messaging App Max Is Designed To Spy On UsersSecurity researchers found that Max, which Russia will require to be pre-installed on all phones, is designed to track users, confirming fears the app will be used for surveillance.

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positive-intentions.com

* #OpenSource
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* #iOS, #Android, #Desktop (self compile)
* App store, Play store (coming soon)
* Desktop
* #Windows, #MacOS, #Linux (self compile)
* run `index.html` on any modern #browser
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* #Secure
* #NoCookies
* #P2P #encrypted
* No registration
* No installing
* #Messaging
* Group Messaging (coming soon)
* Text Messaging
* #Multimedia Messaging
* #Screensharing (on desktop browsers)
* Offline Messaging (in #research phase)
* #FileTransfer
* #VideoCalls
* #DataOwnership
* #SelfHosted
* GitHub pages Hosting
* #LocalOnly storage

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(Degoogled links to the apps)
- P2P Chat: chat.positive-intentions.com
- P2P File: file.positive-intentions.com
- Encrypted drive storage: dim.positive-intentions.com/?p

- GitHub: github.com/positive-intentions

IMPORTANT NOTES (PLEASE READ!):
* These are NOT products. It's for #testing and #demonstration purposes only.
* They have NOT been reviewed or audited. Do NOT use for sensitive data.
* All functionality demonstrated is experimental.
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Russia partially restricts WhatsApp and Telegram calls to 'combat criminals'.

In what it called an effort to "combat criminals," Russia said Wednesday it would restrict calls on the popular messaging apps WhatsApp and Telegram, platforms a watchdog says are used for fraud, extortion, and that involve Russian citizens in "terrorist activities."

mediafaro.org/article/20250814

France24 · Russia partially restricts WhatsApp and Telegram calls to 'combat criminals'.By France24

Monal 6.4.12 (Build 1044, PR #1440) released.

- Fixed handling of fromUser and toUser in muc mam queries
- Removed keyboard shortcut for "archive conversation"
- MacOS Menu entires are now translatable
- Contacts from the address book can now be shared again., thanks Melvo
- Fix crashes when connectivity is unstable
- Don't play call error sounds indefinitely
- Fix bug in roster subscription handling

#Monal#ios#macos

Ich bin immer noch am Überlegen, ob Beeper als Gesamtpaket oder Matrix mit seinen einzelnen Bridges für eine Managed-Hosting-Lösung der richtige Weg ist, um eine relativ selbstbestimmte digitale Souveränität in Sachen Messenger zu erreichen? 🤔😅

Andererseits habe ich mich daran gewöhnt, die Ruhe und Stille zu genießen, welche sich einstellte, nachdem ich alle Mainstream-Messenger -Apps von meinem Telefon gelöscht hatte. 😁

#App#Beeper#Matrix

I'm still wrapping my head around about the decision if Beeper as a whole Package or Matrix with it's single bridges as managed hosting solution is the way for me to go, into a relatively self controlled digital sovereignty in terms of messenger? 🤔😅

On the other hand, I really got used to enjoy the quiet and silence that occurred after deleting every mainstream messenger app from my phone. 😁

#App#Beeper#Matrix

Ich habe immer noch keine vernünftige Lösung bzgl. #selfhosting #messaging

#XMPP schien damals gut, ist aber scheinbar nahezu tot. #Matrix geht auch in eine Richtung, die mir nicht gefällt, und ist mir zu komplex für meinen Usecase.

Vermutlich ist #Deltachat noch am nächsten dran, auch wenn mir der Webclient abgeht. Dafür ist es simpel und braucht als Infrastruktur ohnehin nur den vorhandenen Mailserver.

Alternativ Signal? Nervt aber ebenfalls weil es die Historie nur lokal hält und das Backup auf dem Device liegt und auch keinen Webclient bietet... alles nicht so einfach.