FBI document shows what data can be obtained from encrypted messaging apps

Re:FBI document shows what data can be obtained from encrypt... by maqp on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @10:45AM (#29714780)

>if they can convince Telegram to hand over the data.

Or if they hack Telegram's servers. Or ask some other agency like the NSA (that hacks systems all the time) to do that for them.

As for the legal aspects, I'm fairly sure Telegram can be made to comply, no individual user's is worth losing (tens/hundreds of) millions of customers in that particular country. It's not like Telegram can't do that technically*, the server-side database encryption key is by definition in the RAM of the server system.

* That hasn't prevented them from actively misleading customers with their split-key-and store-parts-under-multiple-jurisdictions -scheme.

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Re:FBI document shows what data can be obtained from encrypt... by yosito on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @11:05AM (#29714970)

> Or if they hack Telegram's servers

Or they join the group chat

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Re:FBI document shows what data can be obtained from encrypt... by maqp on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @11:30AM (#29715192)

Sure, that works for public groups but generally the private group chats with sensitive private information about peoples' personal/business life are not public.

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Re:FBI document shows what data can be obtained from encrypt... by adamcstephens on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @11:59AM (#29715517)

I’m curious how you think the US law enforcement agencies would compel Telegram to comply.

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