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Saw this ad - what do we know about Cape? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 1 year ago* by to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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Happy to see a privacy-focused carrier, and it has better policies than any other carrier out there. But founder is formerly from Palantir and there’s a lot of VC money behind it (not inherently a problem, just flagging).

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[–] 1 point 1 year ago* (2 children)

because it was being used to attract criminals into thinking it was a safe and legitimate service, while under theee surface it was relaying all the messages to law enforcement.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Yes but

    1. as far as we know they had no idea that it was hacked, so I don't see how you can get a "vibe" if they are blind to it
    2. the criminals were already using it when LE discovered it and then hacked into it
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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago*

    I guess we have different definitions of what a honeypot is then. I dont think it has to start as a honeypot to qualify as one once law enforcement is involved.

    There are countless examples of this kind of infiltration on other services. you can call it something else but either way i think youd have to be a fool to trust an operation like that to be in any way secure from monitoring by law enforcement.

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