beep@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days ago

Secret documents show German police don't need to break the encryption of chat apps, they have been systematically adding their own device to the messenger accounts of people under investigation.

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Secret documents show German police don't need to break the encryption of chat apps, they have been systematically adding their own device to the messenger accounts of people under investigation.

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beep@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days ago

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Immer mehr Polizei überwacht Messenger wie WhatsApp

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Behörden überwachen regelmäßig Messenger-Kommunikation in WhatsApp, Telegram und Signal – ganz ohne Staatstrojaner. Das geht aus einem Dokument des Zollkriminalamts hervor, das wir veröffentlichen. Ein Professor für IT-Strafrecht hält diese Messenger-Überwachung für rechtswidrig.

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1397415/secret-documents-show-german-police-don-t-need-to-break-the-encryption-of-chat-apps-they

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The iMessage trick? Nothing new but glad it see it get coverage and people made aware it’s a design flaw of many end to end encrypted systems.

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