German police read WhatsApp messages without cracking encryption
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45 days of Signal history may be exposed by German police messaging surveillance using linked devices, Netzpolitik says. Read what the documents reveal

cross-posted from : https://lemmy.zip/post/71321898

Netzpoltik details that police are able to gain access in this way either through physical access to someone’s phone or by intercepting verification codes via a state-sanctioned phishing attack or intercepting SMS messages via telephone surveillance

  • bigmamothEnglish
    13·
    24 days ago

    It s litteraly on the signal option “Require acces code to open signal”

    • BarrelAgedBoredom@lemmy.zipEnglish
      1·
      24 days ago

      Yes, but that’s a signal option, not an android option. The original commenters said ios had a feature to require additional credentials and was wondering about android, not a specific app that happens to be on android