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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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[–] bedwyr@piefed.ca 10 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

A problem many aren't aware of, in an area that shares telecommunications info, two people within that area can be identified by the state sending encrypted messages by seeing when one person sends and another instantly receives a message. It could be easy enough to obscure that I would think by working differing lag times in.

I think it was in the intercept a few years back. I think this is it.

https://theintercept.com/2024/05/22/whatsapp-security-vulnerability-meta-israel-palestine/

[–] nodiratime@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

Remailer (Mixmaster) were meant to address that problem back when E-Mails were more popular.