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You don't know what the government cares about and what it doesn't. Over the last decade, many people used enterprise systems and hardware only to find out they
by electic 10y ago
You don't know what the government cares about and what it doesn't. Over the last decade, many people used enterprise systems and hardware only to find out they weren't secure and the mundane information that traversed those systems were valuable to the government...and that they were compromised. [1]
You just don't know whose tapped the line, whose listening, and what systems your text is being indexed into. So reliable E2E is key.
[1] https://theintercept.com/2014/12/13/belgacom-hack-gchq-inside-story/ https://theintercept.com/2014/12/13/belgacom-hack-gchq-insid...
- okwhatthe2 10y agoIf they want to listen to you they will listen to you, although you may make it more expensive for them to do so. Unless you're using physical couriers and airgapped networks with TEMPEST protection. I say this unironically; these are facts people tend to brush away.