WhatsApp launches passkey-encrypted backups for iOS and Android, letting users encrypt their stored message history using their face, fingerprint, or a code (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/809842/whatsapp-passkey-chat-backup-encryption…
»Decreasing Certificate Lifetimes to 45 Days:
Let’s Encrypt will be reducing the validity period of the certificates we issue. We currently issue certificates valid for 90 days, which will be cut in half to 45 days by 2028.«
The @… halving the validity of the keys makes the web more secure (not more anonymous).
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It is just weird and creepy how Putin lies about everything.
Thankfully there is a journalist on the ground in Ukraine who provides the receipts to verify the truth.
He shares the friend link to bypass the paywall, because he knows how important it is to get this news out.
It is important that this evidence of warcrimes is shown to the world. Please boost and share.
"A woman's work is never done", is a saying especially relevant when applied to women's rights. Someone is always trying to take them away from us - we can never relax and think that fight is over. Please sign this Holyrood petition. https://petitions.parliament.scot/petitions…
Ukrainian military: Pokrovsk not encircled, but Russian drones control all exits: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/29/ukrainian-military-pokrovsk-not-encircled.html
Optimal Untelegraphable Encryption and Implications for Uncloneable Encryption
Anne Broadbent, Eric Culf, Denis Rochette
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.00903 https://
Encouraging the Next Generation of STEM Professionals
https://management.curiouscatblog.net/2015/03/23/encouraging-the-next-generation-of-stem-professionals/
🔥 Ukraine has stopped the encirclement of POKROVSK — Russia "besieged" the city for a YEAR!: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/29/ukraine-has-stopped-the-encirclement.html
Indian government order: India's telecom ministry privately asks phonemakers to preload state cybersecurity app Sanchar Saathi on all new devices within 90 days (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boa<…