It is if the official is being payed to lure fellow officials into making big security mistakes. Anyone who knows a sociopath knows they would sell their mom for a candy bar.
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pennomi@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
All the top contributors have .il tlds for their emails. Hmmm… I’m just gonna throw it out there, but an app created by foreign nationals might not be a good choice for top secret communication.
RustyShackleford@literature.cafe 3 weeks ago
jagged_circle@feddit.nl 3 weeks ago
If its open source and audited, it doesn’t matter.
pennomi@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Sure, but this is a very obscure project. It has few eyes holding it accountable.
jagged_circle@feddit.nl 3 weeks ago
The government is buying it. And cryptocurrency companies. That’s a lot of money and a lot of eyes.
pennomi@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Clearly not enough money and eyes, because it got hacked.
spankmonkey@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It is if you are a foreign asset.