Ask HN: My country is undergoing a coup, which encryption software should I use? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: My country is undergoing a coup, which encryption software should I use?

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Post by defrost » Tue, Jul 25, 2023, 5:16 AM UTC

appplication wrote: post #50

tianqi wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm afraid I don't agree with this. In China's Cultural Revolution(1966-1976), the elite were the prime target of persecution. They included the intellectual class, the rich, and even political leaders. Millions of elites committed suicide or were persecuted to death during this movement, including even the 2nd president of the country.

Same with the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia. Famously targeted journalists, doctors, lawyers, scientists, academics, business leaders, etc.

Not Colombia - very much the wrong part of the world.

Kampuchea and|or Cambodia works.

Re: Ask HN: My country is undergoing a coup, which encryption software should I use?

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Post by appplication » Tue, Jul 25, 2023, 5:37 AM UTC

defrost wrote: post #51

appplication wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Same with the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia. Famously targeted journalists, doctors, lawyers, scientists, academics, business leaders, etc.

Not Colombia - very much the wrong part of the world. Kampuchea and|or Cambodia works.

Good catch, I commented on mobile think that was an autocorrect-ism

Re: Ask HN: My country is undergoing a coup, which encryption software should I use?

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Post by defrost » Tue, Jul 25, 2023, 7:04 AM UTC

appplication wrote: post #52

defrost wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not Colombia - very much the wrong part of the world. Kampuchea and|or Cambodia works.

Good catch, I commented on mobile think that was an autocorrect-ism

No drama, easy slip to make when commenting on the trot, I wasn't laying blame on you (I've done similar myself) just setting the record straight :-)

Re: Ask HN: My country is undergoing a coup, which encryption software should I use?

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Post by nivertech » Wed, Jul 26, 2023, 9:05 AM UTC

What you're mistakenly referring to as a "coup d'état" is actually an effort to prevent the use of Pegasus on innocent citizens by the judiciary, law enforcement, and the State Attorney General, who were appointed by previous governments.

There have been more than a thousand of unlawful Pegasus cases so far (tens or hundreds of thousands if you count text messages from other people on contact lists and WhatsApp group messages). It's possible that almost every smartphone user in Israel was affected in some way.

Some were even against the acting Prime Minister.

So, yes, you do need to protect your privacy, but for entirely diff. reasons. The only sure way to achieve this is by going off-the-grid.

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Israel's Law Committee has approved a judge-led probe into the NSO Pegasus spyware.

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-746164