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How do you know someone in the group chat isn't a spy for the government?
by acchow 8y ago
How do you know someone in the group chat isn't a spy for the government?
- wangchungtonite 8y agoHow do you know the government does not already have the root cert anyway
- TaylorAlexander 8y agoI hope some day we have RISCV phones where you can swap processors and all software is auditable.
- holdyourbreath 8y agoDon’t hold your breath.
- acchow 8y agoThis isn't how E2E encryption works.
- StudentStuff 8y agoYou don't know that a group is free of spies, but a group is less likely to have a spy than the current setup whereby pervasive, omnipresent surveillance is facilitated by WeChat, leading to people needlessly imprisoned and tortured for the thoughtcrime of others.
- chj 8y agoIn that case you need to pay those spies, while at this moment you just run a database query.
- _iyig 8y agoYou don’t need to pay neighbors to report one another. They’ll turn each other in over petty grievances, or the expectation of favored treatment by authorities. China’s social credit points seem like a potentially powerful incentive. Examples from East Germany: https://spiegel.de/international/germany/east-german-domestic-surveillance-went-far-beyond-the-stasi-a-1042883.html https://spiegel.de/international/germany/east-german-domesti...
- schuke 8y agoWeChat groups are designed to be private (as opposed to being public, not necessarily to protect privacy). To join one you normally have to know either the admin or a member of the group. A QR code for public access is available but it's forced to expire in seven days. So for a regular sized group of a few dozen people, it's relatively easy to spot a stranger.
- dymk 8y agoHow do you know you can trust your friends?