Signal's CEO Just Hacked the Cops' Favorite Phone Cracking Tool

Re:Signal's CEO Just Hacked the Cops' Favorite Phone Crackin... by GuB-42 on Thursday April 22, 2021 @02:13PM (#26905968)

Maybe, but an app that does what Moxie suggests is malware in my book.

I don't think Signal will do that though, if it does, it will most likely get kicked out of every store and the company will most likely end up in well-deserved legal trouble, as if MOB wasn't shady enough...

As someone else said, it is more likely to be a way to discredit evidence extracted by Cellebrite.

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Re:Signal's CEO Just Hacked the Cops' Favorite Phone Crackin... by ruined on Thursday April 22, 2021 @08:59PM (#26909930)

cellebrite is exactly the kind of threat signal is intended to foil. if you want cellebrite reading your messages, you are not the target userbase of signal. this is like complaining that “rm” deleted your files.

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Re:Signal's CEO Just Hacked the Cops' Favorite Phone Crackin... by GuB-42 on Thursday April 22, 2021 @10:30PM (#26910418)

Even if I am not the target userbase of Signal, which is partly true, by using it, I benefit those who really need it for its privacy features.

The millions of users like me who do nothing sensitive with it add bulk to traffic, making it harder to single out "interesting" data. I mean, for example, if only criminals used Signal, just having the app will get you a lot of attention from the police, as it happened with Encrochat.

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