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> There has been heavy speculation that certain state actors are able to push a compromised Play Store update to users of interest. I'm sure Hamas could figure

> There has been heavy speculation that certain state actors are able to push a compromised Play Store update to users of interest. I'm sure Hamas could figure out how to install Signal from clean APKs, or use something else entirely. They may be barbarians. But they're not stupid. People forget that Gaza isn't a particularly poor country. It's GDP per capita is on par with neighboring Egypt, and only a little less than Ukraine. The supermajority of Gazan's have internet access too.

OfSanguineFire 3y ago
> I'm sure Hamas could figure out how to install Signal from clean APKs I think you are overestimating how technically savvy guerrilla fighters – or armies in general – typically are. Even if a handful of elites were savvy, the vast majority are going to have less knowledge and show terrible opsec. And considering that even many security researchers complain how difficult it is to ensure a secure setup for Signal or any other smartphone-based system, I wouldn’t expect Hamas to be any better. Of course Gaza wasn’t a particularly poor country. It even has its own dev community attracting outsourcing work. But that doesn’t make opsec in this area any easier or them any more qualified than the average.