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Why are courts using Chinese spyware to conduct official business?
by Ijumfs 6y ago
Why are courts using Chinese spyware to conduct official business?
- vkou 6y agoThe same reason why Europeans use American spyware and adware to communicate with eachother. Because the risk profile permits it. In this county, many courts are open, and prior to COVID, you could just walk into one and listen. Court decisions are likewise open, and part of the public record. Edit: Did you also know that courts and lawyers still use faxes? Did you know that tapping a fax line has been trivial for decades?
- strbean 6y ago"Sorry, we can't accept an email. You'll have to fax it to us. Why, you ask? Because security reasons..."
- zwerdlds 6y agoJust a side note, but some jurisdictions treat faxing similarly to giving a document in-person. For example, signing a contract and faxing it can be considered the same as certified mail. Generally not so with email. I'm not saying it's right by the way, just that is how it is sometimes.
- strbean 6y agoInteresting. I know for a long time "HIPAA reasons" was another justification, which is just downright crazy.
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- henryfjordan 6y agoThe court is already public, no spying necessary.
- Nullabillity 6y agoSo? Most of Zoom's vulnerabilities have been about endpoint security, not meeting privacy.
- henryfjordan 6y agoThat is clearly not the case. This particular issue with Zoom was caused by user error, there are settings to prevent exactly what happened, not some endpoint exploit. The court is open to the public. What threat is "chinese spyware" when you are publishing the meeting anyway?
- wutwutwutwut 6y agoHis point was that the software itself is insecure and installing it on your machine is a security issue, regardless of the content you're hosting using it.