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   Zack Whittaker (zackwhittaker@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 04-Dec-2024 08:38:25 JST Zack Whittaker

   • Kevin Collier

   I can't tell you what an incredible headline this is, given the decades(!) of pressure by the U.S. government advocating for technological backdoors, and all it had to take was China breaching some of America's biggest phone networks to get here.

   "U.S. officials urge Americans to use encrypted apps amid unprecedented cyberattack." — @kevincollier

   https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/us-officials-urge-americans-use-encrypted-apps-cyberattack-rcna182694

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     kaia (kaia@brotka.st)'s status on Wednesday, 04-Dec-2024 10:23:01 JST kaia

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     @zackwhittaker
     the US can safely advise people to use encrypted apps having compulsory legally enforced backdoors in all of these.
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     jeff (jeff@mk.magicka.org)'s status on Wednesday, 04-Dec-2024 10:30:12 JST jeff

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     • kaia

     @kaia@brotka.st @zackwhittaker@mastodon.social this.
     do not underestimate the power of supply chain compromises.

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     Paul_IPv6 (paul_ipv6@infosec.exchange)'s status on Wednesday, 04-Dec-2024 10:45:57 JST Paul_IPv6

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     • Kevin Collier

     @zackwhittaker @kevincollier

     US Govt: "e2e encryption is enabling crime and should be backdoored"

     entire security community: "be careful what you wish for. sometimes it's not just the good guys getting in"

     US Govt: "you're all just paranoid or criminals"

     US Govt: "errr... nation-state hack. huh. e2e encryption good..."

     entire security community: "sometimes, being able to say 'i told you so' isn't as satisfying as we'd like'"...

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     Scotsbear 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🐻 (uraael@kitty.social)'s status on Wednesday, 04-Dec-2024 16:53:50 JST Scotsbear 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🐻

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     • kaia

     @kaia@brotka.st @zackwhittaker@mastodon.social I watched the video to check what apps they recommended: Whatsapp and iMessage?
     
     That's pretty much confirmation those apps are backdoored.

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