[HN Gopher] DOJ says encrypted Signal messages used to charge Oa...
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       DOJ says encrypted Signal messages used to charge Oath Keepers
       leader
        
       Author : nsxwolf
       Score  : 25 points
       Date   : 2022-01-13 21:46 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (www.cnbc.com)
        
       | madars wrote:
       | Source document: https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-
       | release/file/1462481/downl...
        
         | nsxwolf wrote:
         | Interesting. It appears they intercepted audio as well? I see
         | use of [unintelligible] in one place:
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         | "Get it, Jess. Do your fucking thing. This is what we fucking
         | [unintellgible] up for. Everything we fucking trained for."
        
       | nsxwolf wrote:
       | I would assume the most likely explanation is an informant was
       | included in the Signal conversations and forwarded the contents
       | along. I wonder if we will get an official statement from Signal.
        
         | beerandt wrote:
         | Isn't this the case where there were more informants and
         | undercover agents than there were actual group members?
         | 
         | When you have multiple sources receiving (ie they are the
         | intended recipients) decrypted messages that corroborate each
         | other, the encryption aspect probably becomes all but moot.
        
         | tracnar wrote:
         | I think Signal provides deniable authentication, i.e. you can
         | forge messages which cannot be distinguished from a real
         | conversations. I wonder if it has any impact legally speaking,
         | but I guess it would not matter unless there's evidence of
         | tampering.
        
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