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Related question: do modern diplomats/negotiators automatically assume their comms are compromised? Are their "secure" lines ever truly secure? Surely they kno

• WarOnPrivacy 7y ago
  They've all got massive bureaucracies above them that tightly control what they can do. Also, everyone wants to eventually end their shift and go home. That means just doing what you're told & screw the damage done.
• tinus_hn 7y ago
  Not all communication is compromised; for example for an embassy it could be practical to use a true one time pad which is uncrackable and attempts to intercept the key would lead to a diplomatic incident. Much of their communication probably isn’t that sensitive though.
  • nroets 7y ago
    Until the people slip up and use the same pad twice https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/07/19/russia_one_time_pads_error_british/ https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/07/19/russia_one_time_pad...
• sangnoir 7y ago
  > do modern diplomats/negotiators automatically assume their comms are compromised? Post wikileaks Diplomatic cable leaks - I think they assume their comms may eventually be compromised, but I don't think they assume their comms can decrypted in a matter of seconds.
• einpoklum 7y ago
  Somewhat surprisingly, it seems they don't. Just look at the diplomatic cables Wikileaks obtained. I mean, ok, they were leaked and not decrypted, but people were assuming that texts which can be accessed by tens of thousands of people would not leak.