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…I think you're on the right track, you might check out how Qubes handles clipboard access. [0] https://github.com/maqp/tfc

comment by jazzyjackson · 2026-06-04 · in The ways we contain Claude across products

…made it to at least three watch lists just by reading this. Anyway, here's one I made earlier https://github.com/maqp/tfc

comment by maqp · 2026-01-31 · in US has investigated claims WhatsApp chats aren't private

…with long must-read documentation, and that requires experience with electronics and soldering. * github.com/maqp/tfc

comment by maqp · 2025-12-15 · in “Super secure” messaging app leaks everyone's phone number

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story by rzk · 2025-10-04 · 0 comments

Tinfoil Chat does that (and more). https://github.com/maqp/tfc

comment by sudahtigabulan · 2025-10-03 · in Germany must stand firmly against client-side scanning in Chat Control [pdf]

Tin Foil Chat is in this variety - mailboxes are tor hidden services identified by their public key. https://github.com/maqp/tfc

comment by jazzyjackson · 2025-03-15 · in Briar: Peer to Peer Encrypted Messaging

…of the data diode enforce direction of data transmission with the fundamental laws of physics." [0] https://github.com/maqp/tfc

comment by edgineer · 2025-02-20 · in Multiple Russia-aligned threat actors actively targeting Signal Messenger

…in end-user products you don't really see it. I did implement it for my messaging system however https://github.com/maqp/tfc/wiki/Commands#14-traffic-masking

comment by maqp · 2024-08-27 · in Is Telegram really an encrypted messaging app?

…to configure anything. Oh and since this is against APTs my work might be useful for messaging: https://github.com/maqp/tfc It's as close to NSA-proof you can get. Naturally, if the government parks their flower van across the street and…

comment by maqp · 2024-08-26 · in Essays: NSA Surveillance: A Guide to Staying Secure – Schneier on Security

…and blogs inside Tor) https://onionshare.org/ by Micah Lee. Also has chats between user and hoster https://github.com/maqp/tfc by yours truly, crude UX but the security is unparalleled. >On a side note, I was just recommending Telegram as…

comment by maqp · 2024-08-25 · in Is Telegram really an encrypted messaging app?

…the criticism. And I'm saying this as someone who has worked on this exact topic for ten years: https://github.com/maqp/tfc

comment by maqp · 2024-08-25 · in Is Telegram really an encrypted messaging app?

…https://cwtch.im/ (has better UX and security than Briar) https://onionshare.org/ chat feature Also https://github.com/maqp/tfc by yours truly if you need hardware-enforced endpoint security for your keys.

comment by maqp · 2024-08-25 · in Is Telegram really an encrypted messaging app?

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story by ementally · 2024-01-03 · 0 comments

> Putting on my tinfoil hat... Time to use tinfoil chat! https://github.com/maqp/tfc

comment by vmfunction · 2024-01-03 · in Double encryption: Analyzing the NSA/GCHQ arguments against hybrids

…see if there's a milder approach here but I don't see anyway to get around the endpoint security. https://github.com/maqp/tfc

comment by jazzyjackson · 2023-08-06 · in Cult of the Dead Cow wants to save internet privacy with new encryption protocol

>No e2ee app has compromised device part of their threat model. Oh really, here's one I made earlier https://github.com/maqp/tfc :-) >The whole OS can. So how are you backdooring a bash script that comments out lines of code from Linux…

comment by maqp · 2023-07-19 · in Signal president says company will not comply with U.K. ‘mass surveillance’ law

…to prevent your keys from getting exfiltrated. Qubes qrexec could similarly isolate the components. https://github.com/maqp/tfc

comment by jazzyjackson · 2023-05-11 · in Testing a new encrypted messaging app's extraordinary claims

…an exploit/malware, there is no physical connection that allows unencrypted data to be exfiltrated. https://github.com/maqp/tfc

comment by jazzyjackson · 2022-12-07 · in Apple introduces end-to-end encryption for backups

…(And finally, you can get remote exfiltration security for keys/plaintexts with TFC https://github.com/maqp/tfc (my personal work), at the cost of losing some features like message forwarding etc that the architecture prevents you from…

comment by maqp · 2022-11-20 · in Briar: Peer-to-Peer Encrypted Messaging

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story by kodisha · 2022-08-05 · 0 comments

Most secure/private chat application I know of is tinfoil chat: https://github.com/maqp/tfc

comment by ycuser2 · 2022-08-05 · in How to use an iPad as a secure calling and messaging device

Tin foil chat! https://github.com/maqp/tfc

comment by ycuser2 · 2022-04-19 · in UK Government Officials Infected with Pegasus

…indeed. It's not just spies. My work wrt endpoint secure comms is FOSS and free for anyone to use https://github.com/maqp/tfc (the HW costs a bit naturally but in other respects).

comment by maqp · 2021-12-28 · in FBI document shows what data can be obtained from encrypted messaging apps

…model, you'll be pleased to know I've spent the past decade looking into how to address the problem https://github.com/maqp/tfc

comment by maqp · 2021-12-28 · in FBI document shows what data can be obtained from encrypted messaging apps

…at how far security design in secure messaging rabbit hole goes, my research might be of interest https://github.com/maqp/tfc >being of russian origin No please don't take my comments to infer anything from something being of Russian…

comment by maqp · 2021-07-19 · in Cryptographers unearth vulnerabilities in Telegram's encryption protocol

…and having all sorts of nice qualities. From an security aesthetics POV, I love projects like https://github.com/maqp/tfc . What other projects like this are there?

comment by imagineerschool · 2021-05-29 · in Ask HN: Alternatives to Email?

Do you know of some interesting research in this area besides maqp's https://github.com/maqp/tfc ?

comment by ysnp · 2021-05-17 · in The PGP Problem: A Critique (2020)

…some assumptions it's provably secure against remote key exfiltration. See my work on TFC here: https://github.com/maqp/tfc

comment by maqp · 2020-08-30 · in Horcrux Encrypted Messaging

…me into some square of caring only about E2EE. All I can say to you is, first things first. [1] https://github.com/maqp/tfc

comment by maqp · 2020-08-22 · in Telegram messaging app proves crucial to Belarus protests

…at all. It's already available. https://cwtch.im/ https://briarproject.org/ https://ricochet.im/ https://github.com/maqp/tfc

comment by maqp · 2020-08-22 · in Telegram messaging app proves crucial to Belarus protests

…work exclusively via Tor if you want to hide metadata. wrt that, you might find my work interesting https://github.com/maqp/tfc "Briar fails unless you only talk to people using smartphones." A picture is worth a thousand words…

comment by maqp · 2020-08-03 · in Briar Project

…SD cards for single-use data transfer. But transferring anything but plain text is dangerous. 0) https://github.com/maqp/tfc

comment by mirimir · 2020-06-18 · in State of Linux Desktop Security

…devices with automated ciphertext transmission. I've been working on something that does this http://github.com/maqp/tfc and that can be plugged to almost any transport system with relative ease. The current design is using v3 onion…

comment by maqp · 2020-04-09 · in Signal threatens to dump US market if EARN IT act passes

…secure architecture to protect against remote key exfiltration, see my work on TFC for example: https://github.com/maqp/tfc "All I know is that if I ever created an app and ran a company and acted with the best intentions for my users" The…

comment by maqp · 2020-01-04 · in ToTok, an Emirati messaging app, is the latest escalation of a digital arms race

…TCB splitting and isolation), I wanted to be completely transparent about the threat model: https://github.com/maqp/tfc/wiki/Threat-model I knew not everyone would read it but not including it could do more damage to the user. I could've…

comment by maqp · 2019-11-09 · in On Safety Critical Software

…a really tough problem but I have a pet-project that pushes the price per endpoint just below $500 https://github.com/maqp/tfc

comment by maqp · 2019-11-02 · in Encrypted web traffic now exceeds 90%

…maid attacks is practical. It just can't be done to a billion people at the same time. Read here https://github.com/maqp/tfc/wiki/Threat-model for an overview of all the ways an all-out, unusually secure encryption system (encryption and…

comment by hnuser54 · 2019-10-04 · in Ask HN: What are your arguments in favor of end-to-end encryption?

…as well. And you could generalize for web browsing etc. Maybe also use ideas from Qubes Air. 0) https://github.com/maqp/tfc

comment by mirimir · 2019-08-29 · in Building a Raspberry Pi 3B+ full keyboard handheld

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