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2024-07-17

37.

Destroy the Gender Marker

spacecityao.noblogs.org/destroy-the-gender-marker

This zine goes into how changing gender markers for trans people might seem like a reasonable reform, but ultimately is another tool of oppression in our current system.

2024-07-10

11.

In Bad Faith

video.mondoweiss.net/w/hQEDTyy4446VjrWgS2bX7g

When a Palestinian is brought onto Western media to talk about what’s happening in Palestine, it’s never in good faith. This video satirizes the hostile and bad faith questions that Palestinians confront during mainstream media interviews.

10.

SecureJoin: Protecting chat messaging against network adversaries

securejoin.delta.chat/en/latest/index.html

SecureJoin protocols provide a usable model for message end-to-end encryption which is secure against attackers trying to break authenticity, confidentiality or integrity of messages as can occur with compromised servers and networks. They are implemented, user-tested and continuously refined in production-releases of the cross-platform Delta Chat messenger. Other messenger implementors as well as researchers are welcome to submit remarks, questions or critique either through github or by contacting Delta Chat teams.

9.

Cryptographic Analysis of Delta Chat

eprint.iacr.org/2024/918.pdf

We analyse the cryptographic protocols underlying Delta Chat, a decentralised messaging application which uses e-mail infrastructure for message delivery. It provides end-to-end encryption by implementing the Autocrypt standard and the SecureJoin protocols, both making use of the OpenPGP standard. Delta Chat’s adoption by categories of high-risk users such as journalists and activists, but also more generally users in regions affected by Internet censorship, makes it a target for powerful adversaries. Yet, the security of its protocols has not been studied to date. We describe five new attacks on Delta Chat in its own threat model, exploiting cross-protocol interactions between its implementation of SecureJoin and Autocrypt, as well as bugs in rPGP, its OpenPGP library. The findings have been disclosed to the Delta Chat team, who implemented fixes.

8.

The Companies Making It Easy to Buy in a West Bank Settlement

theintercept.com/2024/07/09/west-bank-settlement-israel-real-estate

Real estate firms are touring North American cities marketing homes in Israel — and in illegal West Bank settlements.

7.

Traveler’s Guide to the Acronym Wasteland (Pamphlet)

phlanticap.noblogs.org/travelers-guide-to-the-acronym-wasteland-pamphlet

A general, group-by-group overview of some tankie and authoritarian entryist Left orgs in Philly (though partly relevant to other contexts; many are national groups), to help more autonomous, uncontrollable rebels better understand and defend against their manipulations. Includes some reflections and propositions at the end ('Anti-Social Social War?').