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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish ·
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FBI demands backdoors "This encryption should be designed to protect people’s privacy and also managed so U.S. tech companies can provide readable content in response to a lawful court order."

www.forbes.com

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FBI demands backdoors "This encryption should be designed to protect people’s privacy and also managed so U.S. tech companies can provide readable content in response to a lawful court order."

www.forbes.com

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FBI Warns iPhone, Android Users—Change WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Signal Apps
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FBI warns all users to stop texting—but secure messaging apps must also be changed. Here’s what you need to know.

https://archive.ph/NmQn1

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  • SpacePirate@lemmy.ml
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    The FBI and prosecution should do their fucking job and build a case, instead of relying on illegal search and seizure.

  • adarza@lemmy.ca
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    backdoors for the ‘good’ (lol) guys today, become backdoors for the bad guys and everybody else tomorrow.

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      Didn’t they just recently (like, yesterday?) suggest we all use encrypted calling apps due to the Chinese hacks on US telecoms that took advantage of these back doors?

      • Uriel238 [all pronouns]@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        FBI is not a monolith right now and has multiple conflicting opinions.

        The part that wants to save democracy says you should encrypt your communications by using an e2e provider, and they recommend Signal.

        The part that wants to serve the country (by serving the current administration — the J. Edgar Hoover part of FBI) is terrified of going dark and has been nagging encryption experts for over a decade now to nerd harder and invent a backdoor only good guys can use.

        The nerds know this is mathematically impossible. And in fact bad guys (industrial spies, black hats, other nations, etc.) have leaks readily available to uncover the backdoors.

        And right now a lot of FBI is scared the new admin is the bad guys.

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        They sure did. It was in response to volt typhoon: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volt_Typhoon

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        Yes - the details surrounding that, and its relationship to this statement, is covered in the article.

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    lol no

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    I immediately thought of the Clinton-era Clipper chip, and sure enough: Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein’s “Responsible Encryption” Demand is Bad and He Should Feel Bad

    This is the new DOJ dodge. In the past, whenever the government tried to specify ‘secure’ backdoored encryption solutions, researchers found security holes – for example, rather famously the Clipper Chip was broken quickly and thoroughly.

  • UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml
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    They just want to legalize what they already have so they can use it publicly.

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    The sad part is that the upcoming administration might be stupid enough to try and implement this.

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    Lol what noobs

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    deleted by creator

  • davel [he/him]@lemmy.ml
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    All that page does is tell me about some video I don’t seem to have access to? https://www.fbi.gov/about/mission/lawful-access

    Edit to add: Maybe this highlights reel gets into it? I haven’t watched it: https://www.forbes.com/sites/premium-video/2024/11/27/2024-forbes-cio-summit-premium-highlights/

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOP
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      oops fat fingered the link, fixed

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    Chat Control comes to the US.

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    Suck my asshole FBI

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