German police read WhatsApp messages without cracking encryption
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45 days of Signal history may be exposed by German police messaging surveillance using linked devices, Netzpolitik says. Read what the documents reveal

cross-posted from : https://lemmy.zip/post/71321898

Netzpoltik details that police are able to gain access in this way either through physical access to someone’s phone or by intercepting verification codes via a state-sanctioned phishing attack or intercepting SMS messages via telephone surveillance

  • Natanael@infosec.pubEnglish
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    1 month ago

    WHAT DO YOU THINK IT’S USED FOR

    they have 45 day store-and-forward of encrypted attachments, and the handle registration thing, and that’s it

    Do you think they would want to go to federal jail for lying to federal agents when they insist they have no metadata about you?

    Messages persist in memory or in a database until they cross a threshold of time, typically on the order of days.

    https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplexmq/blob/master/protocol/overview-tjr.md

    Hypocrite