Re:Encrypted Messaging Apps Face New Scrutiny Over Possible ...
by mtgx on Tuesday November 17, 2015 @01:13AM
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Jesus, NYT. Is it even confirmed that they couldn't see what they were doing "because they used encrypted apps", or is that just an assumption of "anonymous officials"?
Upon loading the post and reading the first paragraph:
> American and French officials say there is still no definitive evidence to back up their presumption that the terrorists who massacred 129 people in Paris used new, difficult-to-crack encryption technologies to organize the plot.
Oh. Well there you go. I really don't see the point of these media entities letting themselves played like this by the authorities to spread their false propaganda then. The bodies weren't even cold yet and they started spreading this anti-encryption message on TV. Because they couldn't have possibly admitted that maybe - just maybe - it's the intelligence agencies that screwed up and they have to take responsibility for it, like it should happen in any democratic country, instead of pointing fingers at others. I wonder what they'll say next if we discover these terrorists weren't actually using encrypted channels to communicate.
Upon loading the post and reading the first paragraph:
> American and French officials say there is still no definitive evidence to back up their presumption that the terrorists who massacred 129 people in Paris used new, difficult-to-crack encryption technologies to organize the plot.
Oh. Well there you go. I really don't see the point of these media entities letting themselves played like this by the authorities to spread their false propaganda then. The bodies weren't even cold yet and they started spreading this anti-encryption message on TV. Because they couldn't have possibly admitted that maybe - just maybe - it's the intelligence agencies that screwed up and they have to take responsibility for it, like it should happen in any democratic country, instead of pointing fingers at others. I wonder what they'll say next if we discover these terrorists weren't actually using encrypted channels to communicate.