What?? But the FBI called dibs on that backdoor! /s
It’s almost like putting backdoors into software as a whole is a bad idea cause anyone who knows of it can use it, not just “tHe GoOd GuYs”
cause anyone who knows of it can use it
…and the ones who don’t know of it will one day become the ones who know
ChinaUSA hacked Verizon, AT&T and Lumen then left the door open for anybody elseUS did not need to hack, they just said they need the key… How did china get these keys?
Are our glowies selling state secrets now?
And this is why the NSA is supposed to close exploits rather than harvest them for surveillance.
This is why surveillance backdoors are always bad, and you can’t math around that.
I remember them trying to get Apple to put in a back door as well
That was a psyop my man
Got normies super comfortable ;)
Only Apple can use that data for profit! Now the Alphabet agencies just buy that data from brokers… I just realized how funny the parent company to Google name change is.
I just realized how funny the parent company to Google name change is.
Thank you for this sentence, I thought you were talking about Google, YouTube, etc at first
This article is getting saved, for the next time some idiot proposes ‘lawful backdoors’, which will inevitably happen.
Can’t buy Huawei Networking gear, if we get hacked it has the be through our own backdoor.
@db0 works as intended
Article author struggles with clean links
https://www.wsj.com/tech/cybersecurity/u-s-wiretap-systems-targeted-in-china-linked-hack btw
The pioneers of this dirty business were overwhelmingly founded by ex-Israeli signals intelligence personnel,
That’s interesting. Must be a coincidence.
and related Clinton-era initiatives, like the failed Clipper Chip program, which would have put a spy chip in every computer, and, eventually, every phone and gadget:
“Don’t worry, guys we tried to backdoor all devices but failed, see?”
Meanwhile, Intel ME, AMD “Secure Processor”, and ARM “TrustZone”:
That link is a 404 for me.
Same. The OP article is interesting, but was hoping for more than a few wiki links of past instances. Is there more verifiable evidence for this instance? Don’t doubt the claim, just curious.
Dawg
