Facebook, WhatsApp Will Have to Share Messages With U.K.?

Post by rahuldottech » Sat, Sep 28, 2019, 9:21 PM UTC

Lutzb wrote: post #323

spo81rty wrote: post #303

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You are absolutely right. I also already assume the government can access virtually anything I am doing anyways. I think we are all naive to believe otherwise. I also have nothing to hide :-)

My questions to people who say they have nothing to hide: - what are the things you and your significant other are doing in the private of your house? - which co-worker do fantasize about, be specific in what you like to do. - As teenager what legal/illegal drugs did you consume. How often did you pass out, who where the people you consumed these drugs with? - What are your political leanings? - How much do earn, whe…

Post by gtycomb » Sat, Sep 28, 2019, 9:23 PM UTC

DollarGuru wrote: post #399

gtycomb wrote: post #336

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Politicians are not at all stupid in general. The problem we have is in their selective listening after we elect them. If a legislator is not technically up to speed, considerable tax payer money goes towards hiring people in government to do the research and the explaining. Some high level advisers may come from organizations with a private agenda and after a few years of working within the goverment these experts p…

Along with the vote in process there should be a vote out process. The public should be able to force a vote of their representative at any time during their term and equally vote in their replacement. The intention being that politicians are aware that they must be consistent with their words and actions throughout their term otherwise they will lose their seat.

Post by ZoomZoomZoom » Sat, Sep 28, 2019, 9:25 PM UTC

skybrian wrote: post #177

brenden2 wrote: post #43

If the source code isn't available for audit by 3rd parties (or yourself), and you can't build it from source, then it was never really "secure" anyway. What lawmakers do or don't say is just noise. Platforms that rely on trust (in this case, trusting that FB isn't doing bad things) provide very weak guarantees about privacy/security. They could easily include a keylogger in WhatsApp and bypass the e2e encryption, fo…

Trust isn't binary. You can trust a company to keep your conversation private for most purposes without it being safe from a government wiretap. We do that whenever we use a phone.

Post by compuguy » Sat, Sep 28, 2019, 9:29 PM UTC

GordonS wrote: post #220

The idea that moves like this will "keep us safe" is utterly preposterous; there are a multitude of other ways in which terrorists (or the boogeyman de jour ) could communicate - are the UK and US governments going to insist on backdooring IRC, Slack and face-to-face conversations? Are they going to outlaw encryption libraries? I truely fear for the future that western governments, in particular the 5 eyes members, a…

Post by johnflan » Sat, Sep 28, 2019, 9:31 PM UTC