Saturday, February 13, 2021

Court Docs Show FBI Can Intercept Encrypted Messages From Deep State-Backed ‘Signal’ App: Signal may be compromised.

 Via 4Branch

Telegram may be a better option than Signal for individuals hoping to safeguard their rights, considering Signal’s vulnerabilities and deep state ties. (I have both)

“It uses some very advanced approach using hardware vulnerabilities,” said Vladimir Katalov, who founded the Russian forensics company ElcomSoft, believing that GrayKey was used by federal authorities to crack Signal.

This vulnerability within the Signal app may not be a design flaw, but rather a deliberate backdoor to allow authorities to access private messages. The app was initially funded with backing from the deep state, after all.

Big League Politics has reported about the rise of Telegram, a pro-privacy app that is Signal’s most direct competitor:

More @ Big League Politics

4 comments:

  1. Its a texting app, not the nuclear launch platform. No one cares if it can be read by government agencies with massive budgets and unlimited resources. "Compromised" isnt even the right word.

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    1. I don't, but there are those I know, who worry about this ad infinitum. :)

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  2. Face to face basically or they have it. It's been that way for a very long time.

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