German police read WhatsApp messages without cracking encryption
cybernews.com
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

  • GreenKnight23English
    11·
    8 days ago

    cool.

    so then signal is just as good as simplex.