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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

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[–] DomeGuy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

There are all of these stories about signal because it is notable when someone gets around it

That there's anything approaching secure communication on a cell-phone dominated Internet whose.operating systems are either "snobbish walled garden" or "ad agency living in the corpse of a search engine" is astonishing. In the same way that a gun safety that keeps a toddler from shooting themselves with an otherwise loaded gun is astonishing.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 1 points 52 minutes ago

can't get around simplex encryption unless you have physical access to the device or have been physically invited by a member.