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Seems like to me this sort of bluff works on the average users and not the hardcore users who understand what they are doing, so it's entirely fruitless. Unless
by personjerry 10y ago
Seems like to me this sort of bluff works on the average users and not the hardcore users who understand what they are doing, so it's entirely fruitless. Unless it's not a bluff, in which case we would wonder why the hell they announced it.
- digookdigook 10y agoI wouldn't call it a bluff, but FUD. Of course the carriers can MITM pretty much all traffic, unless the keys were exchanged on a private channel. The internet is not private, SMS 2FA ain't either. It's FUD, because the spin that this announcement is a bluff would lead Terrorists from using it anyhow, revealing sensitive information. Putting on the tin-foil: If even I could figure that out, perhaps it's indeed intended as deterrent, e.g. because AI is not strong or efficient enough to process the amounts of data. That's still less paranoid than thinking AI was indeed strong enough and just keeping people busy with unsubstantial stories. Of course there's also the theory, that even governments are sometimes just stupid.