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'Ghost' cybercrime platform dismantled in global operation, 51 arrested (www.reuters.com)
submitted 10 months ago by misk@sopuli.xyz to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] umami_wasbi@lemmy.ml 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Dude. Just use Signal or SimpleX. Even Telegram is alright. Why bother to use an service that no one heard of?

[–] SatyrSack@lemmy.one 2 points 10 months ago

"Security through obscurity" will only get you so far

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

How do they manage to choose the same names as existing Foss tech for these? First matrix, now ghost.

[–] misk@sopuli.xyz 1 points 7 months ago

Likely intentional so that it looks credible.