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Re:AT&T, Verizon reportedly hacked to target US govt wiretap... by diggan on Monday October 07, 2024 @12:44PM (#41767905)
> It used to be the US government worked to secure American communications.

When was this? As far as I remember (but I'm not that old to be honest), it seems to mostly been about the US government making sure the government has secure communications, while the rest get to fend for themselves.

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Re:AT&T, Verizon reportedly hacked to target US govt wiretap... by ffujdefvjg on Monday October 07, 2024 @01:52PM (#41768822)
Fend for themselves, and if they don't cooperate with the wishes of the TLAs they get legal trouble nobody could possibly afford. And if you end up in the secret FISA courts, you basically can't get legal representation because it's secret, or ever really talk about it. Also there's no real oversight for this stuff because it's that secret.
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Re:AT&T, Verizon reportedly hacked to target US govt wiretap... by 0xEF on Tuesday October 08, 2024 @05:02AM (#41775209)
Not to be that guy, but if you're going to drop conspiracy theories on HN, you need to cite your sources. Less hand waving and more fact checking.
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Re:AT&T, Verizon reportedly hacked to target US govt wiretap... by tolerance on Tuesday October 08, 2024 @10:31AM (#41777796)
What part of the claim in question do you feel is conspiratorial in theory?
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Re:AT&T, Verizon reportedly hacked to target US govt wiretap... by lovich on Monday October 07, 2024 @05:10PM (#41771109)
I know there’s a mechanism for 3 letter agencies to get a warrant allowing them to break into insecure hardware owned by US citizens and companies, to patch said vulnerability.

The FBI did that recently[1]

[1] https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2024/02/fbi-removes-m...

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