• umami_wasabi@lemmy.ml
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    3 months ago

    A French and Dutch Joint Investigation Team (JIT) harvested more than 115 million supposedly encrypted messages from an estimated 60,000 users of EncroChat phones after infecting the handsets with a software “implant”.

    Looks like they just hack the phone

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      3 months ago

      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/EncroChat

      So this sounds like the ANOM phone story with extra steps?

      I get that they can “access” messages, but the headline feels misleading if it requires full access to the device.

      It’s not that they’re breaking encryption or reading messages in transit, it’s more like they’re installing malware on specific devices so that they can look at your screen?

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        3 months ago

        Because truth is more complex and does nor drive clicks. so far every time we see signal in a headline like this, it will generally be “cops had physically access” “no password” or “password leaked”

        ie something that encryption is not designed to defend against.

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      3 months ago

      How does one get an “implant” onto a phone?