Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://snac.bsd.cafe/teajaygrey" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>teajaygrey</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://labyrinth.zone/users/halva" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>halva</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.bloodyno.se/users/lynn" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>lynn</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@signalapp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>signalapp</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://tech.lgbt/@deilann" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>deilann</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://monocles.social/@monocles" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>monocles</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@Mer__edith" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Mer__edith</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@torproject" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>torproject</span></a></span></p><p>I remember <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SLIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SLIC</span></a> but sadly it never got traction.</p><ul><li>Needless to say <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/XMPP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>XMPP</span></a> with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OMEMO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OMEMO</span></a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PGP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PGP</span></a>/MIME nowadays has excellent support by clients for every relevant platform and there are various other options depending on the use case, threat model and scenario.</li></ul><p>I do gladly advice clients/employers directly...</p><ul><li>So far only <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tor</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Monero" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Monero</span></a> have reached a level of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/decentralization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>decentralization</span></a> that makes it basically impossible to shut them down even if (key) people working on it were to be arrested/forcibly disappeared/murdered (as had been the case!), with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SelfHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SelfHosting</span></a>-capable projects being close behind.</li></ul><p>For example, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Briar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Briar</span></a> as a <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/airgapped" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>airgapped</span></a>"</em> (or rather <em>'<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/offline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>offline</span></a>-capable'</em>) messenger may be the hottest thing if one needs to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/chat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chat</span></a> with someone stuck exactly in the middle of North Korea and out of reach for Chinese, Russian or South Korean phone networks, tho that still relies on the local <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SneakerNet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SneakerNet</span></a> (or rather <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TrampingNet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrampingNet</span></a>) to facilitate the transfer, which is rather common given the fact that <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USB</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/flashdrives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>flashdrives</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/microSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microSD</span></a> cards are smuggled there en masse...</p>