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Matt Simpson on 2026-05-20 08:47 pm

"It's about ____ time" doesn't seem fully appropriate, but: Victory! End-to-End Encrypted RCS [coming soon] to Apple and Android Chats

Apple released iOS 26.5, an update that supports end-to-end encryption for Rich Communication Services (RCS), meaning conversations between Android and iPhone will soon be encrypted in the default chat apps. This has been a long time coming, and is a welcome delivery on a promise both Google and Apple made.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/05/victory-end-end-encrypted-rcs-comes-apple-and-android-chats

#privacy #encryption #RCS #apple #gratitude

Victory! End-to-End Encrypted RCS Comes to Apple and Android Chats

With the support of end-to-end encryption for RCS messages, Apple and Google have taken the steps to Encrypt it Already!

Matt Simpson on 2026-05-20 05:20 am 🚀

Techmeme on 2026-05-20 04:01 am

GitHub confirms breach of ~3,800 repositories after one of its employees installed a malicious VS Code extension; TeamPCP claimed responsibility for the hack (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer)

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/github-confirms-breach-of-3-800-repos-via-malicious-vscode-extension/
http://www.techmeme.com/260520/p14#a260520p14

GitHub confirms breach of 3,800 repos via malicious VSCode extension

GitHub has confirmed that roughly 3,800 internal repositories were breached after one of its employees installed a malicious VS Code extension.

Matt Simpson on 2026-05-16 12:39 pm 🚀

MC Frontalot on 2026-05-01 04:38 am

It's live! New single on Bandcamp
https://frontalot.bandcamp.com/track/common-loot-feat-mcgwire

With playable music video RPG:
https://frontalot.com/loot

an album cover for the digital single.
The text MC FRONTALOT is at top, COMMON LOOT at bottom.
Center is a large pixel-art inventory grid loaded with vendor trash.

Matt Simpson on 2026-05-13 09:51 pm 🚀

OpenMedia on 2026-05-13 07:53 pm

BREAKING: Signal, the #1 privacy protecting messaging app many of us rely on, is saying they will pull out of 🇨🇦 ENTIRELY if they're scoped into #BillC22 without large changes.

This should be our final alarm bell: we can have digital privacy or we can have legislation this broad and broken, not both!

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-signal-warns-it-would-pull-out-of-canada-if-made-to-comply-with-lawful/