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The only thing you’re missing in your plot is encrypted messengers that can’t be cracked without sweeping legislation.
by bronco21016 6y ago
The only thing you’re missing in your plot is encrypted messengers that can’t be cracked without sweeping legislation.
- ideophobia 6y agoI saw a bunch of headlines recently that said the FBI had decrypted one of the popular secure messaging apps (telegram or signal maybe?), which, bizarrely enough, fits my narrative perfectly. Though I saw other headlines stating that was incorrect reporting.
- corndoge 6y agoYou probably saw the headlines about Cellebrite claiming to have "signal decryption" capabilities, which they did, provided they had the device in hand and unlocked https://signal.org/blog/cellebrite-and-clickbait/ https://signal.org/blog/cellebrite-and-clickbait/
- anonymouse008 6y agoJust like anyone with a private key and file — this site has tangibly shifted from ‘14 to now.
- pseudo0 6y agoMost people seemed to be having lots of fun roasting Cellebrite for that awful article. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25520481 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25520481
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- suifbwish 6y agoWoah! They can decrypt it when it’s decrypted!! News!
- bronco21016 6y agoThe company claiming to have broken Signal was simply pulling the database of messages off of an unlocked phone. It’s definitely not a hack and the blog post has since been heavily retracted.