On 3/11/21 8:47 am, Tom Worthington wrote: > I found it troubling that someone who had been in government would > recommend the Premier of an Australian state use WeChat, thinking it is > secure.
Unusually, it was totally rational behaviour by Maguire. All of the recommended secure services are subject to being either friendly to US agencies or compromised by them (maybe with help from their friends, particularly in Israel, even maybe in Australia). WeChat has to be presumed to be accessible by the PRC. But the PRC is less likely to provide information from conversations to NSW ICAC, NSW Police, AFP, etc. than the others are. (:-)} > Daryl Maguire told Gladys Berejiklian to download WeChat and get a > private phone in text exchange heard at ICAC probe, Zoe Zaczek, Sky > News: > https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/politics/daryl-maguire-told-gladys-berejiklian-to-download-wechat-and-get-a-private-phone-in-text-exchange-heard-at-icac-probe/news-story/58973a940f9a51274912badcf4ef2cd4 -- Roger Clarke mailto:[email protected] T: +61 2 6288 6916 http://www.xamax.com.au http://www.rogerclarke.com Xamax Consultancy Pty Ltd 78 Sidaway St, Chapman ACT 2611 AUSTRALIA Visiting Professor in the Faculty of Law University of N.S.W. Visiting Professor in Computer Science Australian National University _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] https://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
