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tardigrada@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.org · 3 years ago

Australian Politicians warned to 'watch out' as integrity commission could access encrypted texts on WhatsApp and Signal

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Australian Politicians warned to 'watch out' as integrity commission could access encrypted texts on WhatsApp and Signal

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tardigrada@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.org · 3 years ago
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Politicians warned to 'watch out' as integrity commission could access encrypted texts on WhatsApp and Signal
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Australia's Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus warns that the National Anti-Corruption Commission legislation will see the body have the ability to tap the phones of politicians, even if they are messaging on encrypted apps.
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    How would they access these e2e encrypted chats though?

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      This is something I would also like to know.

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        Pegasus or other ways to compromise the device directly.

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      by accessing one of the ends, where the message is decrypted upon arrival.

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      https://www.securityweek.com/iranian-hackers-target-academic-researcher-whatsapp-linkedin https://english.alaraby.co.uk/news/iran-hackers-bypassing-whatsapp-encryption-target-dissent-reports

      but i also remember some mention to groups just sending some text, … and they would exploit it somehow by technical exploits alone, no social engineering

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