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So as I type this, Signal have two stories in top-10 on HN: more coverage of Signal's Cellebrite Hack, and this. Are they connected? Signal gets this subpoena
by willvarfar 6y ago
So as I type this, Signal have two stories in top-10 on HN: more coverage of Signal's Cellebrite Hack, and this.
Are they connected?
Signal gets this subpoena on the 29th March, and the reply by ACLU is on the 12th April.
Signal's founder and CEO, Moxie Marlinspike, hacked Cellebrite and the story surfaced this week.
Was it retaliation? Was it just because the subpoena made him wonder? Or is there something else causing Moxie to lash out at Cellebrite about now? Or was it all chance?
- input_sh 6y agoThe reason they've mentioned "first half" of 2016 is because this isn't first such subpoena. See: https://signal.org/bigbrother/eastern-virginia-grand-jury/ https://signal.org/bigbrother/eastern-virginia-grand-jury/ Doubtful there's any connection between the two.
- jinzo 6y agoCellebrite made a splash some time ago that their tools can extract Signal messages from the (unlocked?) devices. The claim was " Cellebrite can now break into Signal, an encrypted app considered safe from external snooping, it claimed." [1] And I guess that did not sit too well with Moxie :) [1] - https://securityboulevard.com/2020/12/signal-app-crypto-cracked-claims-cellebrite/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+SecurityBloggersNetwork+%28Security+Bloggers+Network%29 https://securityboulevard.com/2020/12/signal-app-crypto-crac...