Re: [liberationtech] Fwd: [WhatsApp backdoor allows snooping on encrypted messages]

2017-01-14 Thread Jason Cronk
On 2017-01-14 13:41, Thomas Delrue wrote: > On 01/14/2017 08:17 AM, FL wrote: > >> I'm not sure that every American company, by law, must implement a backdoor, >> as you imply. The last time I checked, iMessage was a very secure platform >> with no known vulnerabilities -- which in fact has

Re: [liberationtech] Fwd: [WhatsApp backdoor allows snooping on encrypted messages]

2017-01-14 Thread Thomas Delrue
On 01/14/2017 08:17 AM, FL wrote: > I'm not sure that every American company, by law, must implement a backdoor, > as you imply. The last time I checked, iMessage was a very secure platform > with no known vulnerabilities — which in fact has made Apple struggle with US > agencies more than a

Re: [liberationtech] Fwd: [WhatsApp backdoor allows snooping on encrypted messages]

2017-01-14 Thread Andres Pacheco
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Re: [liberationtech] Fwd: [WhatsApp backdoor allows snooping on encrypted messages]

2017-01-14 Thread carlo von lynX
On Sat, Jan 14, 2017 at 10:48:48AM -0300, FL wrote: > Sadly I'm not a hacker — I'm a lawyer, so I haven't checked their code nor > any other company's for that matter. We have plenty of hackers but not enough lawyers, so your view on what the laws currently actually imply is very welcome. >

Re: [liberationtech] Fwd: [WhatsApp backdoor allows snooping on encrypted messages]

2017-01-14 Thread FL
Sadly I'm not a hacker — I'm a lawyer, so I haven't checked their code nor any other company's for that matter. However, my main point remains unaddressed — I'm not sure that American companies are 'required by law' to implement backdoors. And the fact that I check the news instead of a

Re: [liberationtech] Fwd: [WhatsApp backdoor allows snooping on encrypted messages]

2017-01-14 Thread carlo von lynX
Thx, efecto On Sat, Jan 14, 2017 at 10:17:07AM -0300, FL wrote: > I'm not sure that every American company, by law, must implement a backdoor, > as you imply. The last time I checked, iMessage was a very secure platform > with no known vulnerabilities — which in fact has made Apple struggle

Re: [liberationtech] Fwd: [WhatsApp backdoor allows snooping on encrypted messages]

2017-01-14 Thread Cristina [efecto99]
On 14/01/17 10:02, carlo von lynX wrote: > On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 07:26:29PM -0500, Sebastian Benthall wrote: >> https://whispersystems.org/blog/there-is-no-whatsapp-backdoor/ https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jan/13/ > I've also read >

Re: [liberationtech] Fwd: [WhatsApp backdoor allows snooping on encrypted messages]

2017-01-14 Thread FL
I'm not sure that every American company, by law, must implement a backdoor, as you imply. The last time I checked, iMessage was a very secure platform with no known vulnerabilities — which in fact has made Apple struggle with US agencies more than a few times. FL > On 14-01-2017, at 10:02,

Re: [liberationtech] Fwd: [WhatsApp backdoor allows snooping on encrypted messages]

2017-01-14 Thread carlo von lynX
On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 07:26:29PM -0500, Sebastian Benthall wrote: > https://whispersystems.org/blog/there-is-no-whatsapp-backdoor/ > > > https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jan/13/ I've also read

Re: [liberationtech] Fwd: [WhatsApp backdoor allows snooping on encrypted messages]

2017-01-14 Thread F LM
So I guess we can go back to what we were talking about a few days ago. You know, "fake news". FL > On 13-01-2017, at 21:26, Sebastian Benthall wrote: > > https://whispersystems.org/blog/there-is-no-whatsapp-backdoor/ > >> On Jan 13, 2017 9:14 AM, "Rich Kulawiec"