GCHQ has said it wants to break the encryption that protects our messages - threatening our privacy and free expression.
We've signed this open letter with 50 civil society groups, companies and experts. The security agencies need to think again https://t.co/8MPWdp7fwL

— Liberty (@libertyhq) May 30, 2019

They are probably already doing this. This is just a dog and pony show to distract everyone. But if these services were built on open source technology like Bitfi, you wouldn’t have to worry about it. https://t.co/cWrJuNayc5

— Bitfi - open source: bitfi.dev (@TheBitfi) May 30, 2019

Big tech responds to @GCHQ's initiative on @lawfareblog. They don't like "ghost users" but endorse GCHQ's "six principles" on exceptional access and leave the (front) door open.https://t.co/9eCyxbevv8

— David Anderson (@bricksilk) May 30, 2019

WhatsApp (owed by Facebook) says GCHQ ‘ghost protocol’ allowing access to private messages would undermine user security and trust.

*Facebook reads your private messages*, has contractors do it to and appears not to worry about security and trust.https://t.co/7fy9MzG3Nf

— Rossa McMahon (@rossamcmahon) May 30, 2019

Huge intervention from basically every civil society organisation and encrypted chat provider against the GCHQ proposal to force messaging services to effectively cc in law enforcement to chats: https://t.co/iDzD4kjqRI

— alex hern (@alexhern) May 30, 2019

An international coalition of civic society organizations, security and policy experts and tech companies including Apple, Google, Microsoft and WhatsApp has penned a critical slap-down to a surveillance proposal by the UK’s intelligence agency. https://t.co/O7TMACGSLn

— Michael La Grouw (@TheMCLG) May 30, 2019

Apple, Google, Microsoft, WhatsApp sign open letter condemning GCHQ proposal to listen in on encrypted chats https://t.co/ybCKzqCpOs pic.twitter.com/5Ke5ml7GXE

— Chris Wysopal (@WeldPond) May 30, 2019

An international coalition of civic society organizations, security and policy experts and tech companies including Apple, Google, Microsoft and WhatsApp has penned a critical slap-down to a surveillance proposal by the UK’s intelligence agency. https://t.co/O7TMACGSLn

— Michael La Grouw (@TheMCLG) May 30, 2019

"Bruce Schneier, Richard Stallman and a host of western tech companies including Microsoft and WhatsApp are pushing back hard against #GCHQ proposals that to add a "ghost user" to encrypted messaging services." https://t.co/QRQy7iAYoD

— Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) (@schestowitz) May 30, 2019

My closing comments in the @TheRegister article - "We ain't afraid of no 'ghost user' " - Oh how I love the headlines these people come up with! https://t.co/xgN3dJ7JH9

— Jake Moore (@Jake_Cyber) May 30, 2019

Google, WhatsApp, and Apple slam GCHQ proposal to snoop on encrypted chats https://t.co/Qh05P79S5p pic.twitter.com/OKDizRsn8d

— The Verge (@verge) May 30, 2019

People's rights aren't, "Up for discussion" and are immutable, and cannot be created by legislation. For years different groups have been arguing for back doors; if they had succeeded, eCommerce would have been fatally damaged and Bitcoin impossible. https://t.co/juBN4qVGa0 pic.twitter.com/Yq5vSP6pyz

— Beautyon (@Beautyon_) May 30, 2019

Google, WhatsApp, and Apple slam GCHQ proposal to snoop on encrypted chats https://t.co/4OlZbeuOjl

— Dr. Michael Spehr (@MicSpehr) May 30, 2019

'@Google, @WhatsApp, and #Apple slam @GCHQ proposal to #snoop on #encrypted chats. One of the proposal’s authors said it was purely ‘hypothetical’https://t.co/bIUBvPsY0X #surveillance #privacy #security@evanderburg @evankirstel @dez_blanchfield @sarbjeetjohal @furrier @DT pic.twitter.com/JtsC6mhbAf

— Bill Mew (BrightTALK @ Infosecurity Europe 6 June) (@BillMew) May 30, 2019

It makes me so sad to read things like this.
The authors of these papers know full well that this will do nothing effective against serious criminals (who will simply use an app that doesn't have this "cc-ing"). Always another agenda.https://t.co/MZCcRbQUsd

— Azure From The Trenches (@AzureTrenches) May 30, 2019

"Open Letter to GCHQ on the Threats Posed by the Ghost Proposal," the latest from Sharon Bradford Franklin and Andi Wilson Thompson: https://t.co/xDxqTRokYF

— Lawfare (@lawfareblog) May 30, 2019

UK "Ghost Proposal" to allow spies secret access to private, encrypted conversations poses serious threats to cybersecurity and fundamental human rights: Open letter to @GCHQ from @OTI & 41 others, including @ICLMG https://t.co/oMOCCu2wcC #cdnnatsec #natsec #surveillance

— Tim McSorley (@timmcsorley) May 30, 2019

Our open letter is available to read here: https://t.co/k1sDHeRcxj

— Big Brother Watch (@bbw1984) May 30, 2019

Open Letter to GCHQ on the Threats Posed by the Ghost Proposal https://t.co/ayMM8jdaty

— profdeibert (@RonDeibert) May 30, 2019

You can find the open letter here: https://t.co/4K2UYLuavI @OTI @NewAmerica

— Access Now (@accessnow) May 30, 2019

Google and Apple criticise GCHQ eavesdropping idea.https://t.co/0B3QOWhHAT pic.twitter.com/k2IE607Cvq

— CarlosAnaC (@CarlosAnaC) May 31, 2019

Very important: GCHQ Officials’ Encryption-Bypassing Idea Criticised in Letter Signed by Apple https://t.co/VnU4xDu6yD

— George Chiesa (@GeorgeChiesa) May 31, 2019

We ain't afraid of no 'ghost user': Infosec world tells GCHQ to GTFO over privacy-busting proposals • ⁦@TheRegister⁩ ⁦@Jake_Cyber⁩ ⁦@ESET⁩ #cybersecurity https://t.co/QWJkqcktD6

— Ranson Burkette (@ransonbb) May 31, 2019

"Open Letter to GCHQ on the Threats Posed by the Ghost Proposal", by NGOs, big tech firms & academics https://t.co/yfbyg6g98z https://t.co/WofetqrjvM

— Frederik Borgesius (@fborgesius) May 30, 2019