Seems like the whole “a back door will be used by adversaries” people were right. Who would have thought? Sure seems like all the cops saying that they would be real safe, don’t worry, let’s break encryption so we can be more shitty were wrong. Fuck the cops. Use signal. Acab
this post was submitted on 27 Dec 2024
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If everything is stolen and public then you don't need so much encryption. Get with the capitalistic program here.
So, do something about it?
The hackers are using backdoors intended for federal agencies to perform «wiretaps»/surveillance. There has been FBI agents that low key recommended «responsible use of encryption».
The takeaway is that there is no way to make a weakness that only the "good guys" has access to. The weakness is there regardless of who is trying to take advantage of it. And this story teaches us that the weakness will be breached. Now it’s primarily China, Russia, Iran and Israel that’s roaming free inside the US telecommunications infrastructure.
You can read about it here... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communications_Assistance_for_Law_Enforcement_Act
The FCC will address the issue next month, while further U.S. actions are expected.
Right. I’ll start holding my breath now.
It'll make the next few years and everything after that much easier
Remember when a bunch of hardware all across the world was discovered to have Chinese surveillance embedded in them and the US government told everyone and most of the corps shrugged?
Because that 'chinese surveillance' wasn't any different from the NSA backdoors. Exactly what this group exploits, incidentally.
The Bloomberg story? Last I saw it created quite a stir, companies checked their hardware, the only proof of the compromised hardware was that one Bloomberg-story, Bloomberg was unable to produce any more proof, and no one found any proof either.
Which one was SolarWind?
All I can say is I hope China is enjoying all the pictures of my dogs.
I started to go for the racist joke here but I deleted it.
Is mainstream news even covering this? Most of the people I talk to have no clue about it.
Probably not. Why cover real issues when they can sanewash conspiracy nuts…?
Now charge western secret service heads with treason and Marie Antoinette them. Because everyone told them this would happen.
Secret Service are presidential bodyguards, not corporate cybersecurity
The Secret Service actually does a lot more, but it's never really reported about. They investigate financial and cybercrime too.
How many boat anchors to they have?!