Signal/Telegram can be hacked by CIA

https://wikileaks.org/ciav7p1/

Excerpt: "These techniques permit the CIA to bypass the encryption of WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram, Wiebo, Confide and Cloackman by hacking the "smart" phones that they run on and collecting audio and message traffic before encryption is applied."

Discussion encouraged.


Comments


[18 Points] NODestructionF:

Jesus fucking christ. Did you actually read any of the detailed parts of these leaks?

Wikileaks is a fantastic resource for leaked documents but I really wish they didn't have to throw in their own FUD'd .02btc on every fucking little detail they reveal, as it completely detracts from what they are and should be doing.

They can "hack" Signal / Telegram in that if your phone has already been owned by them, they are able to keylog anything you type, LOL no shit wikileaks! If they have root access to any device, they would be able to read anything that you type before encryption is applied. They can't break Signal's encryption, the app itself is completely fine.

Fuck off with these sensationalist Wikileaks writers I say, its as bad as mainstream journalism at this point.


[6 Points] deep_touch:

Duh. If your device is compromised, your encryption doesn't matter.


[4 Points] diOpAnonMu:

No, Signal can't be hacked by the CIA (based on what's in those docs). Telegram always sucked.

Android security is pretty shit on every non-Nexus/Pixel device and only decent on those.

CIA is getting into those phones and then using control of the phone to read the messages. Recommendations haven't changed. Use Signal, use Tor. Don't pick fights with state-level actors.

Edit: Whatsapp is decent, Confide sucks, the others probably suck too.


[3 Points] Black-Hand:

Good. Now I can read your messages whilst rubbing myself with Egyptian mayonnaise.


[2 Points] kebabwhy:

It doesn't fucking matter, and you should hardly be fucking surprised. The CIA does not care about drugs. The CIA does not care about the dude who mails you a ball of blow; And the CIA most certainly does not give one fuck about your mail order twenty bags. Can we stop freaking out every time we realize the gov't can do what neckbeard twenty-somethings can do? It's paranoid, arrogant and utterly pointless.