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I 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 enoug
by ideophobia 6y ago
I 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.