Why would you use Apple software/services for anything like this? You know it's backdoored.
What are you going to switch to? Android?
GNU/Linux phones?
FBI Has Gained Access to Sci-Hub Founder's Apple Account, Email Claims
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Re: FBI Has Gained Access to Sci-Hub Founder's Apple Account, Email Claims
#52Earlier quoted context omitted.
This comment shows a gross misunderstanding of the technical differences between 1) basically breaking encryption for all iPhones on the market simultaneously, and 2) copying a file.
Only if the file contents are accessible. Why isn't end-to-end encryption utilized for storage of email on Apple's servers, the same way they do for iMessaging?
I read somewhere that Apple were going to encrypt backups but that would mean if a user lost their key the data would be lost and as such decided that for usability they would keep back ups as is.
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#53Earlier quoted context omitted.
If the FBI can use the Russia thing on a presidential candidate, they can use it on anybody.
Not just a presidential candidate, but a president. Did you know that after all those years of investigations, all those years of the house intelligence committee chairman and others insisting that there was "ample evidence" that Trump colluded with Putin to hack the election... in the end, The Mueller report admitted that no evidence was ever found to substantiate Trump or his associates or campaign ever working wit…
The phrase "Russian collusion" has become a catch-all for anything involving Russian influence, it's ridiculous and it over simplifies reality.
The basis for the (actual) Russian collusion investigation had a reasonable starting point. Joseph Mifsud[0], the guy that nobody can find right now. It was absolutely worth investigating and it's disappointing that it became the dog-and-pony show it did.
And Russia interfering with foreign elections is real[1]. There are plenty of other sources as well that cover the ongoing efforts by GRU and other Russian groups to influence the election process in many countries.
[0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Mifsud [1]https://www.blackhat.com/us-20/briefings/schedule/index.html...
Re: FBI Has Gained Access to Sci-Hub Founder's Apple Account, Email Claims
#54Oh boy, that ever useful boogeyman >“In December 2019, the Washington Post reported that Elbakyan was being investigated by the US Justice Department on suspicion that she “may” be working with Russian intelligence to “steal U.S. military secrets...” When you start trotting that out, you know it’s a witch-hunt because if they had real reasons they’d have stated them, since they don’t they offer vague insinuations cou…
I am only surprised child porn has not been found on her computer yet. And there is no report from some hotel room cleaner that he or she was raped by Elbakyan.
Those "stolen" military secrets published in journals anyone can purchase for a few bucks does not even sounds scary.
Apparently FBI got lazy these days, maybe because of all that Covid mess.
Re: FBI Has Gained Access to Sci-Hub Founder's Apple Account, Email Claims
#55I assume that when the FBI sends a request to a tech company about a user, they probably also contact lots of other tech companies too about the same user... Which raises the question: Where is the Google notification about the FBI request... How about the Facebook notification? The VK or OK notification? How about the Twitter notification? Did these tech companies hand over data without notice, even though the order…
> I assume that when the FBI sends a request to a tech company about a user, they probably also contact lots of other tech companies too about the same user... You assume a lot. I know it’s fun to pontificate about dragnet surveillance, but in general when issuing / granting a warrant there has to be some kind of specific target and scope. In this case it’s likely the FBI knew the Sci-Hub founder was using iCloud ema…
Would they take a chance and miss a juicy account at Google/Facebook etc? I don’t think so.
Therefore it’s likely they issued requests but Google/Facebook etc were less “inclined” to talk about these things.
Re: FBI Has Gained Access to Sci-Hub Founder's Apple Account, Email Claims
#56Earlier quoted context omitted.
Not just a presidential candidate, but a president. Did you know that after all those years of investigations, all those years of the house intelligence committee chairman and others insisting that there was "ample evidence" that Trump colluded with Putin to hack the election... in the end, The Mueller report admitted that no evidence was ever found to substantiate Trump or his associates or campaign ever working wit…
It's not just that - some people will still, today, insist that Trump was working with Russia. When you point out that investigations found nothing, they point to some random minor finding as if that vindicates them. It's genuinely concerning.
I find it more odd that people hand-wave a political campaign meeting with a foreign government for political dirt on an opponent. That is truly genuinely concerning.
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#57Earlier quoted context omitted.
Not just a presidential candidate, but a president. Did you know that after all those years of investigations, all those years of the house intelligence committee chairman and others insisting that there was "ample evidence" that Trump colluded with Putin to hack the election... in the end, The Mueller report admitted that no evidence was ever found to substantiate Trump or his associates or campaign ever working wit…
The phrase "Russian collusion" has become a catch-all for anything involving Russian influence, it's ridiculous and it over simplifies reality. The basis for the (actual) Russian collusion investigation had a reasonable starting point. Joseph Mifsud[0], the guy that nobody can find right now. It was absolutely worth investigating and it's disappointing that it became the dog-and-pony show it did. And Russia interferi…
There is nothing new about Russia interfering with foreign elections. What is new is that a presidential candidate can be accused of colluding with Russia. You can't just go back to say "Russian collusion" means something else, when in fact the mainstream media and the Democrat Party members at the time was claiming Trump colluded with Putin.
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#58I really hope for the best for Elbakyan. Sorta related, the Darknet Diaries podcast just did an ep on the Pirate Bay. The ways in which US capital flexes it’s interests on sovereign nations makes me deeply uncomfortable. https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/92/
Off topic, but that podcast is amazing. Stories, guests, production quality, narration, music, everything. It's one of the only worth listening to at 1x speed. I highly recommend it.
Re: FBI Has Gained Access to Sci-Hub Founder's Apple Account, Email Claims
#59Related thread from 6 days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27086290.
Re: FBI Has Gained Access to Sci-Hub Founder's Apple Account, Email Claims
#60Earlier quoted context omitted.
Not just a presidential candidate, but a president. Did you know that after all those years of investigations, all those years of the house intelligence committee chairman and others insisting that there was "ample evidence" that Trump colluded with Putin to hack the election... in the end, The Mueller report admitted that no evidence was ever found to substantiate Trump or his associates or campaign ever working wit…
The phrase "Russian collusion" has become a catch-all for anything involving Russian influence, it's ridiculous and it over simplifies reality. The basis for the (actual) Russian collusion investigation had a reasonable starting point. Joseph Mifsud[0], the guy that nobody can find right now. It was absolutely worth investigating and it's disappointing that it became the dog-and-pony show it did. And Russia interferi…
No I don't think it did have a reasonable starting point at all. Extra-ordinary claims require extra ordinary evidence, and as it turned out (as explained in Mueller's report), there never was any evidence for it. I'm not talking about vague suggestions of Russian interference, I'm talking about the conspiracy theory that Trump or his campaign colluded with Putin to hack (or otherwise subvert) the election.
It never should have got past a few low level intelligence lackeys. The fact you had the chairman of the house intelligence committee as well as countless other powerful politicians, "trusted" journalists, ex-intelligence agency heads, etc. all insisting for years that there was "ample evidence" for it, is just utterly insane in my view. It was obviously just pure lies and dishonesty for political advantage.