Police could lawfully use bulk surveillance techniques to access messages from encrypted communications platforms such as WhatsApp and Signal, following a ruling by the UK’s Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT), a court has heard.

  • @[email protected]
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    2 months ago

    You’d have to be a real idiot to keep using the same phone after the police arrested you and forced you to unlock it, especially for doing crimes.

    • @[email protected]
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      32 months ago

      This. Even I would be too paranoid to keep using a phone (or other device for that matter) that the police confiscated before.

    • @aodhsishaj
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      12 months ago

      You’re in custody, your friends don’t know you’re locked up. Who’s the idiot?

    • Björn Tantau
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      -22 months ago

      Well, people doing crimes aren’t known for their intelligence.