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- 1Signal rolls out on-device backups for iPhone and iPad●Signal on-device backups for iPhone and iPad are now available for everyone 🎉 Update to the latest version of Signal for
Signal has made encrypted on-device backups available to all users of its iOS app. Users can update to version 8.30, then enable the feature in Settings > Backups and set up a Recovery Key, which Signal warns must be stored securely and never shared. The move lets iPhone and iPad users preserve their message history locally without handing data to cloud services, a change privacy-focused users have long requested.
- 2Cloudflare builds a certificate authority for the whole Internet●Building a certificate authority for the whole Internet
Cloudflare has detailed its work building a certificate authority intended to issue TLS certificates at Internet scale. The company outlines how it validates domains and issues certificates for millions of websites, positioning itself as an alternative to established authorities like Let's Encrypt and DigiCert. The move matters because trusted certificates underpin HTTPS everywhere, and concentrating more of that infrastructure with a major CDN operator raises questions about scale, security and centralisation.
- 3NASA's APOD site serves a certificate dated in the future●`openssl s_client -4 -connect apod.nasa.gov:443` Nice cert you got there, NASA :-) ``` Certificate chain 0 s:CN=go-vip.c
A system administrator ran a TLS check against apod.nasa.gov and found the site's certificate chain shows a validity window starting in late 2026, issued via Let's Encrypt. The odd future-dated dates have drawn amused attention from tech observers, who note that such entries usually point to certificate misconfiguration or overlapping issuer logs rather than anything nefarious. NASA has not commented on the quirk.