The Dark Side of Privacy: How ISIS Communications Go Undetected
https://psmag.com/the-dark-side-of-privacy-how-isis-communications-go-undetected-890aec4e86c3#.i1uwytrkk
A trove of communications from ISIS plots and activity in
Europe reveals a mix of direct control and improvisation and
shows the crucial importance of encrypted tools. "Detonate
your belt in the crowds," one message declared.
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Very long, quite interesting, but doesn't change the fact that
government backdoors into encryption would be a disaster for honest
users of telecommunications systems. However, this article does
emphasize what total morons most of these front-line terrorist
recruits really are. But we already knew that.
--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein ([email protected]): https://www.vortex.com/lauren
Founder:
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Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: https://www.pfir.org/pfir-info
Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy
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I have consulted to Google, but I am not currently
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