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Court documents show FBI may have tool to access private Signal messages on locked iPhones https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/fbi-tool-access-private-signa

• BiteCode_dev 6y ago
  I don't think most users expect their chat app to be protected if the police seize their phone. The main concern is about intercepting messages between 2 parties or mass exploiting the history stored by the provider. Sure, for some case, it can be important, but that's a much more difficult and rare threat model to address.
• hackermailman 6y ago
  >The court documents, filed by the Justice Department and obtained by Forbes, showed screenshots of Signal messages between men allegedly discussing an illegal weapons trade and attempted murder. I translate that to 'an FBI informant involved in the criminal conspiracy saved screenshots of the messages'
• decrypt 6y ago
  This title in this article is aimed at generating clicks. The flaw that's described here applies to all other apps, including Google Chrome, Telegram, WhatsApp, literally any app on your phone.
  • upofadown 6y ago
    Probably not offline stuff like encrypted mail. That tends to be protected separately from the phone stuff.