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What happens when you send a private message on #Snapchat?

1. An AI automatically scans your message and, if necessary, forwards it to the police.
2. You’ll be arrested and lose your job [1], or fighter jets will appear next to your plane [2].

And on @twonly@mastodon.social?

1. The message is encrypted on your phone.
2. Only your friends can read the private message.

[1]: https://www.gadgetreview.com/student-teacher-sent-a-private-snapchat-complaining-about-her-workday-an-hour-later-police-pulled-up-to-her-school
[2]: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68056421

#privacy #e2ee #SurveillanceCapitalism

We just pushed the newest update, 0.5.0, which finally brings Post-Quantum-Crypto (PQXDH) to twonly.

For this we use libsignal [1], which is Signal's library used also in their apps.

Currently this is only for new chats, but in the next releases we will update all chats to use PQXDH.

[1]: https://github.com/signalapp/libsignal

#e2ee #privacy #security #signal #snapchat

Snapchat now displays personalized ads directly in your chats. Your personal data, such as your phone number and app usage, is used for personalization.

If you don't want that, switch to twonly now, where your data isn't analyzed for advertising purposes but is instead end-to-end encrypted.

#E2EE #privacy #europe #unplugtrump #unplugbigtech #opensource #snapchat

The upcoming update brings two major features preventing you from losing access to your memories 🎉

1. Passwordless Backups: Never again lose access to your twonly account if you have forgotten your password. Just select friends you trust and choose a second factor. Read our blog post for more details [1].

2. Encrypted Cloud Backups: More Details and additional features follow soon!

https://twonly.eu/en/blog/2026-passwordless-backup.html

#e2ee #privacy #snapchat #did

Heute ist wieder #diday. Um das zu feiern, führen wir mit unserem neuesten Update eine neue Funktion ein 🎉 : „Gemeinsame Freunde“.

Damit kannst du deine Freunde ganz einfach auf twonly finden, ohne deine Telefonnummer weitergeben zu müssen.

Alle Details findest du in unserem neuesten Blogbeitrag: https://twonly.eu/de/blog/2026-mutual-friends.html

#e2ee #privacy #unplugbigtech #dataprivacy #snapchat #did

RE: @tsmreu@infosec.exchange

Dauert nur 5 Minuten und würde mir sehr helfen. :)

RE: @threemaapp@mastodon.social

Ein Glück, dass twonly keine Telefonnummern verwendet. 💪

Um trotzdem User Discovery anbieten zu können, verwendet twonly "Gemeinsame Freunde" um so Freunde finden zu können, ohne dass der jemals Server die Telefonnummer oder den Social Graph lernt.

Mehr dazu gibt es hier: https://twonly.eu/de/blog/2026-mutual-friends.html

Passend zum #did: "Tech-Konzerne denken nicht an einen sofortigen Stopp ihrer Überwachungsmaßnahmen. Google, Meta, Microsoft und die Snapchat-Mutter Snap kündigten am Samstag in einer gemeinsamen Erklärung an, dass sie „weiterhin freiwillige Maßnahmen ergreifen werden“, um entsprechendes Material auf ihren Plattformen zu identifizieren." (https://heise.de/-11245882)

Wechsle jetzt zur #europeanalternative welche deine privaten Nachrichten nicht scannt: https://twonly.eu/de/blog/05-diday.html

#Privacy #E2EE

We recently updated twonly. Here are the two biggest updates:

1. Backups: Rebuilt to handle larger files, letting you keep all your contacts and messages.

2. Memories Viewer: Completely redesigned so you can select, export, or favorite multiple images at once and to be more performant.

This also sets up our next features: password(less) recovery and encrypted cloud backups. We also fixed several bugs to make messaging much more reliable.

RE: @tsmreu@infosec.exchange

Coming soon to twonly: A backup solution that doesn't require you to remember a password 🥳.

Before the release, there's a small challenge to make sure the protocol is secure. There's also a small bug bounty if you find something 💪👇

RE: @threemaapp@mastodon.social

So WhatsApp has a #DeleteWhatsAppDay, which is great!

We think Snapchat should have that every day: #DeleteSnapchat. Why?

- No end-to-end encryption at all
- Funded by advertising
- Participates in voluntary chat controll