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The people who exploded the first car bomb in front of J.P.Morgan didn't use encryption. Timothy McVeigh didn't use encryption. 9/11 Hijackers didn't use encr
by SixSigma 12y ago
The people who exploded the first car bomb in front of J.P.Morgan didn't use encryption.
Timothy McVeigh didn't use encryption.
9/11 Hijackers didn't use encryption.
7/7 Bombers didn't use encryption.
Boston Bombers didn't use encryption.
Can you see where this is going ?
- pakled_engineer 12y agoThe Charlie Hebdo attackers used regular cell phones, and they were on security watch lists, and Algerian officials claimed to had sent warnings about them. The gunman in Canada who tried to shoot up Parliament openly posted his plans and talked to jihadi sympathizer accounts on Twitter in the open. He was also on watch lists and had his passport pulled for trying to go to Syria. One of the Boston bombers was on a watch list, and Russian officials sent warnings about him. Seems nobody is watching the people on watch lists
- judk 12y agoThe 9/11 hijackers were on watch lists and immigration violations.
- iamdanfox 12y agoEven if previous well known attacks didn't rely on encryption, it seems likely that future attacks will be organised over encrypted channels because they are now more ubiquitous. "Encrypted Web Traffic More Than Doubles After NSA Revelations". http://www.wired.com/2014/05/sandvine-report/ http://www.wired.com/2014/05/sandvine-report/
- FLUX-YOU 12y agoSome of them are though: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/14/books/review/agent-storm-my-life-inside-al-qaeda-and-the-cia-by-morten-storm.html http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/14/books/review/agent-storm-m... (second paragraph before the end) FTR, I don't believe we should compromise everyone for these cases. Clearly traditional HUMINT is still viable.