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vegeta@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

US Feds Are Tapping a Half-Billion Encrypted Messaging Goldmine

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US Feds Are Tapping a Half-Billion Encrypted Messaging Goldmine

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vegeta@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago
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European cops hacked the encrypted phone provider Sky in 2021. More and more cases in the U.S. are using that mass of collected messages.
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    Who are you trusting with what?

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      You’re trusting whoever runs the hardware that they’re not snooping on you

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        You’re not. Everything is encrypted.

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          How the fuck would you confirm that? Maybe the sysadmin is running a forked version of matrix that just says it’s encrypted but actually logs everything in clear text.

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            I don’t think that’s how it works? It’s the client application that has the key for the end to end encryption, not the server. I don’t think you need to trust the matrix server you use? I could be wrong, I don’t know matrix particularly well.

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            …why would they do that?

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              Why do people phish, dumpster dive, or social engineer? So they can snoop and grab anything of value.

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                There is nothing of value.

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              What makes a man turn neutral? Lust for gold? Power? Or were you just born with a heart full of neutrality?

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                Baking powder.

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        Correct… So put EVERYONE into one basket… Or split everyone up into multiple baskets…

        Now I dunno about your mom… But mine told me to not put all my eggs into one basket.

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