British intelligence able to read and flag private Snapchat messages
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#2Ridiculous to demand a fine from him being the victim of bad surveillance.
Snapchat text is often used to prosecute people, I think the message being forwarded is a likely explanation, despite chats not being thoroughly encrypted and the article saying it would be unlikely. Could have been an anonymous tip.
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#3Was this text captured due to something like Echelon doing mass surveillance?
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#4Not clear if it was message interception or (maybe more likely) Snapchat have their own moderation that can refer outward. The text is not e2e encrypted
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#6Previously here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39094306
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#7i'm certain that the feds can read my whatsapp.
100% zuck is ratting me out. every message.
considering xkeyscore and prism are over 10 years old. can only imagine what things are like now.
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#8> He suggested one of the chat's other members could have warned the police, but if that were the case, that other member would have to be charged, not Verma
This doesn't make sense to me. Why would that other member be charged for reporting a threat?
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#9> He suggested one of the chat's other members could have warned the police, but if that were the case, that other member would have to be charged, not Verma This doesn't make sense to me. Why would that other member be charged for reporting a threat?
Because they would have obviously known it was their friend making a joke.
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#10There is no way British intelligence could have acted so quick, if it was true. Maybe if he/they were already being watched.
This is an interesting theory, if it's technically possible would be it. For sure airports would watch such traffic if they technically can.
"It was previously thought the WiFi network at London Gatwick Airport could have intercepted it, but an airport spokesperson told the BBC it didn't have that capability."
Else it's the 'friends'