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German police read WhatsApp messages without cracking encryption
cross-posted from : lemmy.zip/post/71321898
cybernews.com/privacy/police-telegram-whatsapp-signal-surveillance-linked-devices/Netzpoltik details that police are able to gain access in this way either through physical access to someone’s phone or by intercepting verification codes via a state-sanctioned phishing attack or intercepting SMS messages via telephone surveillance
Replying to @schizoidman@lemmy.zip
Open source FIDO2 keys, KeePassXC, and Aegis.
SMS 2fa has always been a bad deal
Replying to @SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Signal doesn’t offer anything except sms 2fa and requires a phone number. It’s a terrible choice considering LEO can do what they did here and just get legal access to MITM your sms messages, spoof the 2fa, and take over your account, impersonating you. The other ones aren’t encrypted. So none of these they broke into are great choices for truly secure messaging.
Replying to @urushitan@kakera.kintsugi.moe
The other ones aren’t encrypted.
Whatsapp is encrypted as far as I know. But then again, it’s Meta, so my trust in that is near zero.
Replying to @jungle@lemmy.world
Telegram secret chats are too, but regular ones are not and you can’t have a secret group chat.