German police read Signal, Telegram, WhatsApp messages without breaking encryption
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German police read WhatsApp messages without cracking encryption
45 days of Signal history may be exposed by German police messaging surveillance using linked devices, Netzpolitik says. Read what the documents reveal
cross-posted from : lemmy.zip/post/71321898
Netzpoltik details that police are able to gain access in this way either through physical access to someone’s phone or by intercepting verification codes via a state-sanctioned phishing attack or intercepting SMS messages via telephone surveillance
Whatsapp is encrypted as far as I know. But then again, it’s Meta, so my trust in that is near zero.
Telegram secret chats are too, but regular ones are not and you can’t have a secret group chat.