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.
So this sounds like the ANOM phone story with extra steps?
I get that they can “access” messages, but the headline feels misleading if it requires full access to the device.
It’s not that they’re breaking encryption or reading messages in transit, it’s more like they’re installing malware on specific devices so that they can look at your screen?
Because truth is more complex and does nor drive clicks. so far every time we see signal in a headline like this, it will generally be “cops had physically access” “no password” or “password leaked”
ie something that encryption is not designed to defend against.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/EncroChat
So this sounds like the ANOM phone story with extra steps?
I get that they can “access” messages, but the headline feels misleading if it requires full access to the device.
It’s not that they’re breaking encryption or reading messages in transit, it’s more like they’re installing malware on specific devices so that they can look at your screen?
Because truth is more complex and does nor drive clicks. so far every time we see signal in a headline like this, it will generally be “cops had physically access” “no password” or “password leaked”
ie something that encryption is not designed to defend against.