Re:Encrypted Messaging Apps Face New Scrutiny Over Possible ...
by LoSboccacc on Tuesday November 17, 2015 @05:41AM
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the sad part is that this is the only actual quote I could find, all the rest is just speculation and security theater
"The working assumption is that these guys were very security aware, and they assumed they would be under some level of observation, and acted accordingly"
just think about it: if problem was just the encryption, the logical assumption is that they were aware of the person involved but couldn't read the messages
you have to find the person you need to monitor first, encryption or not. you can't track every message, even if you force the whole word to communicate without encryption, because of the sheer amount of false positives.
"The working assumption is that these guys were very security aware, and they assumed they would be under some level of observation, and acted accordingly"
and the ps4 quote about encryption is completely unrelated: http://www.xpats.com/brussels-weakest-link-europes-fight-aga...
just think about it: if problem was just the encryption, the logical assumption is that they were aware of the person involved but couldn't read the messages
you have to find the person you need to monitor first, encryption or not. you can't track every message, even if you force the whole word to communicate without encryption, because of the sheer amount of false positives.
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2006/03/data_mining_f...