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The reason that there's an "expected" process is because the people who were hired to think deeply about security got together and, for a bunch of reasons inclu
by saulpw 2y ago
The reason that there's an "expected" process is because the people who were hired to think deeply about security got together and, for a bunch of reasons including "(obvs) the ability to add the wrong person is a problem", decided that the process should be something other than Signal. I'm not sure if we know all of the reasons they made that decision, but I think we can infer a few:
- all communication must be stored for legal purposes
- all communication must be on secure government hardware
- the entire security infrastructure must be operated by the government
Which of these aren't fundamental and practical?
- mft_ 2y agoThanks for your interesting reply. Some of this is what I was getting at with "fundamental" and "practical": > all communication must be on secure government hardware > the entire security infrastructure must be operated by the government ...only matter practically, if the Government hardware and infrastructure are guaranteed to be more secure than the alternative, also considering the fallibilty of the users. And while I appreciate that iPhones and Signal likely aren't infallible, I'm not sure we know what level of absolute trust to place on Government-supplied hardware or infrastructure provided by whoever got the contract?