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I'm sure nobody would think of targeting the national security apparatus of the USG with such an exploit to gain access to... I dunno, their Signal messages?

• mrguyorama 1y ago
  One of the members of that group was accessing it from Moscow to meet with Putin. Our adversaries don't have to hack anything at all, they don't even seem to have to ask nicely. There's zero chance that Putin doesn't let China know anything they want about the Trump admin, and Putin himself seems to get to dictate our country's policy now. This has been the case among republicans for decades, and Mitch McConnell himself (and 6 others) spent the 4th of July 2018 in Moscow for christ's sake.
• nxobject 1y ago
  Essentially relying on COTS software with likely exploit bounties targeting dozens of high-value targets other than the USG – what could go wrong?
  • michaelt 1y ago
    Do you think special custom software, developed under government contract, would be any more secure? My experience with software procured by the government is that it's not winning any awards for best software.
    • EasyMark 1y ago
      I think it's more so that those aren't as readily available as signal to get at the exploits, and it would be on gov provided devices not on everyday phones that people install just whatever on and then decide to set up a chat group and talk about blowing up brown people whimsically.
    • cosmicgadget 1y ago
      Simply rebuilding software for limited distribution makes it more secure.