On Sun, Jun 21, 2020, 2:08 AM Peter Gutmann <pgut...@cs.auckland.ac.nz> wrote:
> Mike Hearn <m...@plan99.net> writes: > > > > https://www.irishnews.com/news/northernirelandnews/2020/06/20/news/wave-of-arrests-after-breach-of-encrypted-communication-network-1980136/ > > I like the lawyer's comments: > > The concerning feature here is the absolute dearth of press reporting and > media attention in respect of a massive wholesale breach of an encrypted > communication platform. > > How dare the media not notify the criminals that their communications have > been compromised! > Just to address this, the arrests mentioned were "conspiracy" and the evidence collection involved massive compromise of the phone OSs themselves. Over here, discussing ideas in private is not a crime, but using malware to control a community is. As laws get more oppressive we also don't want to assume that breaking them is a bad thing when they aren't themselves good. Civil rights over here were only made by civil disobedience, which landed many in jail and some in prison for life. Karl Semich > Peter. > _______________________________________________ > Messaging mailing list > Messaging@moderncrypto.org > https://moderncrypto.org/mailman/listinfo/messaging >
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