Comment on Authorities urge U.S. citizens to use encrypted messaging apps to combat Chinese telco hackers
Rikj000@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
This is actually quite good news!
Hear me out though.
Encryption has been under attack by government instances for a while now.
They always aim to weaken / backdoor it,
so that they can spy on all their citizens.
China abused the backdoor implemented by the US government,
which sends a message across the world,
being: “Do not backdoor encryption to spy on your citizens, or other countries might abuse it”
Hopefully this will put a stop to governments attacking encryption, at least for a while,
since now they’re reminded of the risks which it brings! :)
thelucky8@beehaw.org 2 weeks ago
Yes, I would also have a nitpick for the authorities (and journalists who report on the issue) that China didn’t hack the providers, it hacked the U.S. Wiretap system. This is an important detail. There is no such thing as a ‘backdoor only for the good guys’.