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Under British and UK Legislation anyone using or developing end-to-end encryption is now a “hostile actor” (thelemmy.club)
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Surveillance strategies in the UK and Israel often go global

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[–] 27 points 6 months ago (2 children)

If i remember correctly, a few weeks ago a government party had their signal chat leaked. Those people have since ceased using signal right?

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  • [–] 14 points 6 months ago* (3 children)

    There's no problem with Signal's encryption. It's the same issue with any and to end encryption scheme, at either end is a person who can very easily copy and paste everything that has been said in the conversation and send it off to anybody they wish.

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  • [–] 9 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Well, yes, generally the recipient of a message has to get access to its content.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    Not running down Signal or any other e2ee client out there. But there are in fact ways to prevent the recipient from retaining and, at least via the device they are using to receive the messages, copying the data within messages. Several banking apps actually include such measures. And perhaps even having a Mission Impossible-esque self destruct on the message where it re-encrypts and then deletes the messages after they have been viewed is a viable way to prevent retention. It would not prevent somebody from using another device to snap a picture of the information in the message, but it would definitely cut down on people's ability to easily leak private conversations that are intended to stay that way.

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