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German police read Signal, Telegram, WhatsApp messages without breaking encryption (cybernews.com)
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cross-posted from : https://lemmy.zip/post/71321898

Netzpoltik details that police are able to gain access in this way either through physical access to someone’s phone or by intercepting verification codes via a state-sanctioned phishing attack or intercepting SMS messages via telephone surveillance

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[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You... didn't read the article did you... that's literally what happened here lol

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

lol

either through physical access to someone’s phone OR by intercepting verification codes via a state-sanctioned phishing attack OR intercepting SMS messages via telephone surveillance

it's literally a quote in the post. physical access was only one way they accessed messages.

[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

That's not the point I was trying to make. You are acting like simplex is better than signal because it requires physical access... that's how it works for signal as well...that was the point...