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U.S. officials urge Americans to use encrypted apps amid unprecedented cyberattack (www.nbcnews.com)
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[–] [email protected] 49 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Sounds bad I guess, but the USA has been spying on us for a long time now. Is the bad part that it's China?

[–] [email protected] 53 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Bets on this being directly related to back doors that US spy agencies demand be installed?

[–] [email protected] 37 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

RTFA

The third has been systems that telecommunications companies use in compliance with the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA), which allows law enforcement and intelligence agencies with court orders to track individuals’ communications. CALEA systems can include classified court orders from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, which processes some U.S. intelligence court orders.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 weeks ago

So, bet won?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

Wouldn't surprise me. "We're doing this to be helpful to you!" is actually moustached disney villain behavior.

^ similar to the prisoners with cats gimmick. "look how nice we're being to our prisoners" is actually "stop yelling at your bunkmate or we'll take away your cat"

[–] [email protected] 35 points 2 weeks ago

When a whole nation's communications are intercepted by another entity, yes, the bad part is that it's another nation. Especially an adversarial one.

This is not about individuals' personal privacy. It's about things that happen at a much larger scale. For example, leverage for political influence, or leaking of sensitive info that sometimes finds its way into unsecured channels. Mass surveillance is powerful.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

Yes. Wars happen. Even corrupt politicians are nicer when their control base is inside the country.