FBI To America: DON'T TEXT ANYONE

[Kwaka]

Good to see China doing it's job if it wants to be the next global leader and trying to get its head around the local communities. Here in Oz, the government has been all over the communications for a long time. Full capabilities are in the gray zone. The legislation is there to comply decryption.

Don't be such a # Xi about Winny the Poo A lot of endearment in that character growing up.

[ArMaP]

Mainly they are affected because of B2B, requirements are passed down.  You also become a target.  It's an arms race that small business can not compete with.  Security is super expensive.

Whatsapp is free.

[sahgwa]

Another version of me would focus on the constant call to embrace 'encrypt everything' as a way of life.
But this version of me recalls that this alarming "breach" was discovered in August 2024... and I suspect they "knew" about Salt Typhoon even before that.

It's amazing how DHS keeps the 'fear' factor going as if to maintain 'unease' as a perpetual flavor of communicating online.
No one knows the hardware as well as those who actually make it.  Of course they can exploit it better than most anyone else.

This must be more 'baggage' to bring into the upcoming row over tariffs...  or, I'm just being overly cynical.
I just found a related article... US recommends encrypted messaging as Chinese hackers linger in telecom networks

Once you start realising that nothing in electronic communication is private, you stop caring.

Especially when the OPM had all your personal info and was hacked years ago.
Especially when even if you were not in gov service, everything is hackable and no one cares to make sure the police are not misusing their power either.

I expect to have my private life private offline, i don't want cameras or microphones around me.

That said,  i have no expectation of privacy if i put something into an electronic communications network.  

The Chinese spam me with those texts from 'women' I 'know' all the time trying to do lord knows what. I got tired of playing with them , now it's just autoblock.

What is that, 'pig butchering' texts? something like that