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[-] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

A wiretap is different than having something like backdoor access at will for military use.

[-] Dioxid3@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Don me a tinfoil hat, but I think it is absolutely within the realm of possible that half my networked electronics has a backdoor to one or another governmentsl agency. Or that my ”encrypted” WhatsApp conversations are available to US officials if need be.

Luckily I am as interesting as a slice of bread gone stale

[-] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Oh I'm sure that's the case for nearly all large social media and network systems based on the US. I'm also willing to bet that for some of these companies, almost no one even knows it's there, either because a 3 letter agency put it there themselves without being noticed, or an employee implemented it for them without corporate approval.

The US is worried about other countries doing this because we 100% are doing it ourselves. From a national security perspective, it's basically common sense. Ensure you have access to everything, even if you don't use it now, you might in the future and it will save time.

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