Innerworld@lemmy.world to Privacy@programming.devEnglish · 12 days agoICE officials confirm they are using Graphite spyware to intercept encrypted messages, saying it is primarily used to target fentanyl traffickerswww.npr.orgexternal-linkmessage-square3linkfedilinkarrow-up148arrow-down11cross-posted to: news@lemmy.worldprivacy@lemmy.worldcrimes_of_ice@lemmy.4d2.orgprivacy@lemmy.dbzer0.comprivacy@lemmy.worldprivacy@lemmy.ml
arrow-up147arrow-down1external-linkICE officials confirm they are using Graphite spyware to intercept encrypted messages, saying it is primarily used to target fentanyl traffickerswww.npr.orgInnerworld@lemmy.world to Privacy@programming.devEnglish · 12 days agomessage-square3linkfedilinkcross-posted to: news@lemmy.worldprivacy@lemmy.worldcrimes_of_ice@lemmy.4d2.orgprivacy@lemmy.dbzer0.comprivacy@lemmy.worldprivacy@lemmy.ml
minus-squareØR10N5B3LT@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up16·12 days agotldr: the “encrypted” messages are from whatsapp using a zero click exploit. no mention of any other e2ee messengers.
minus-squarefar_university1990@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·12 days agoAka infect target and read message after decrypt. No encrypt actually broke and no message actually intercept.
minus-squarelogging_strict@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·12 days agoand it’s already known whatsapp is dodgy af. Still there are people saying, but everyone is using whatsapp (implying so should you). Can’t fix stupid https://eylenburg.github.io/im_comparison.htm Scroll over to whatsapp column on the right hand side and read the entire column.
tldr: the “encrypted” messages are from whatsapp using a zero click exploit.
no mention of any other e2ee messengers.
Aka infect target and read message after decrypt. No encrypt actually broke and no message actually intercept.
and it’s already known whatsapp is dodgy af. Still there are people saying, but everyone is using whatsapp (implying so should you).
Can’t fix stupid
https://eylenburg.github.io/im_comparison.htm
Scroll over to whatsapp column on the right hand side and read the entire column.