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Government: Zuck put a backdoor in WhatsApp or we will put you in a blacksite UFC ring and beat you up. Also Government: WhatsApp has a backdoor. Don't use it.
by v5v3 1y ago
Government: Zuck put a backdoor in WhatsApp or we will put you in a blacksite UFC ring and beat you up.
Also Government: WhatsApp has a backdoor. Don't use it.
- kotaKat 1y agoWhatsApp on TV: “Trust us! It’s encrypted :) :) :)”
- scoot 1y agoAnd on social media. Maybe I'm being too literal and pedantic, but it bugs me that they say "nobody" can read your messages. What's the point of using it if even the recipient can't read them (or the sender for that matter!).
- gruez 1y ago>Government: Zuck put a backdoor in WhatsApp or we will put you in a blacksite UFC ring and beat you up. Source? >Also Government: WhatsApp has a backdoor. Don't use it. If "zuck" is really in the pocket of the US government, why should they worry about their own backdoors?
- kurthr 1y agoOnce it's backdoored you don't know who's watching it. It's the most hilarious thing about backdoors or collecting extensive covert intel on your own population, that any failure of opsec makes it much easier for all your adversaries to also spy on them in ways they would never otherwise be able to, then compromise them, and flip them.
- bix6 1y agoWhy would there be a source for a backdoor of a closed source application?
- some_random 1y agoUsually when you make important claims it's expected you back them up with some sort of evidence.
- 0x457 1y agoSources to back up the claim, not source code of the application.
- deleted 1y ago[deleted]
- numair 1y ago> Source? https://www.facebook.com/security/advisories/cve-2019-3568 https://www.facebook.com/security/advisories/cve-2019-3568
- some_random 1y agoSoftware frequently has bugs and sometimes they have security implications. In order to claim that a specific bug is a backdoor you need to have evidence beyond the existence of a bug.
- latexr 1y ago> If "zuck" is really in the pocket of the US government, why should they worry about their own backdoors? Have you ever watched a Saturday morning cartoon? Minions betray their masters all the time. An effective evil overlord doesn’t underestimate their lackey’s capacity for duplicity and betrayal at a pivotal moment. The most fun may even appreciate the gall: https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/The_Nagus_(episode)#:~:text=%22So%2C%20you%20were%20going%20to%20toss%20me%20out%20an%20airlock.%22%22Forgive%20me%2C%20brother.%22%22Forgive%20you?%20%20Why%20brother%2C%20I%20didn't%20think%20you%20had%20the%20lobes!%22&text=%22So%2C%20you%20were%20going%20to%20toss%20me%20out%20an%20airlock.%22&text=%22Forgive%20me%2C%20brother.%22&text=%22Forgive%20you%3F%20Why%20brother%2C%20I%20didn%27t%20think%20you%20had%20the%20lobes%21%22 https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/The_Nagus_(episode)#:~:...
- ElevenLathe 1y agoHouse (legislative branch) staffers presumably don't want executive branch snoops reading their group chats. Doubly so for Democratic staffers not wanting specifically the Trump executive branch reading them.
- nicce 1y agoAlso Government: uses Israel-backdoored custom Signal
- immibis 1y agoYeah but Israel is Israel, so there's no actual problem there. Now, if it was Iran...
- JackFr 1y agoTell that to Jonathon Pollard.
- linotype 1y agoWhat source do you have for that?
- moomin 1y agoJeffrey Goldberg.
- mattnewton 1y agoThey used it in view of press cameras, many articles about this but here’s the first one from Google for me: https://www.404media.co/mike-waltz-accidentally-reveals-obscure-app-the-government-is-using-to-archive-signal-messages/ https://www.404media.co/mike-waltz-accidentally-reveals-obsc...
- some_random 1y agoThe Government is made up of a huge number of organizations with competing goals, budgets, capabilities, and interests.
- pplm8 1y ago[dead]
- godelski 1y agoAlso government: installed special version of Signal that includes a backdoor (logs) People: don't use Signal! It has a back door! Instead, use Telegram, it doesn't have encryption by default and is highly suspect of a foreign adversary Also people: "I'll just send copies of all my messages to the government because they have my data anyways"
- dietr1ch 1y ago[flagged]
- godelski 1y ago[flagged]
- bgwalter 1y agoLook at what Trump does. After the Syrian fall, he continues the long standing policies and proposes the MIGA regime change in Iran. Since this is a decades old goal of US foreign policy, I assume he'll go through with it. They are already promoting Reza Pachlavi on Fox News. Unless you have proof that he made a secret deal with Putin (you get Ukraine, we get Syria and Iran), how is this pro Russian?
- steadfastbeef 1y agoWhich is the fascist government?
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- midtake 1y agoExplains why Zuck has been training Brazilian jiu-jitsu.
- dmje 1y agoGrammar is really needed here cos: Zuck put a backdoor And Zuck, put a backdoor …are about as different as they could be
- tomhow 1y agoPlease don't comment like this on HN.