some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org to Technology@lemmy.world · 7 months agoUS: Alaska man busted with 10,000+ child sex abuse images despite his many encrypted appsarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up113arrow-down11cross-posted to: privacy@lemmy.ml
arrow-up112arrow-down1external-linkUS: Alaska man busted with 10,000+ child sex abuse images despite his many encrypted appsarstechnica.comsome_guy@lemmy.sdf.org to Technology@lemmy.world · 7 months agomessage-square46fedilinkcross-posted to: privacy@lemmy.ml
minus-squaremox@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-27 months agoNeither Tor nor end-to-end encrypted messengers will cover the endpoints. It’s possible that they caught him using good old fashioned detective work. You don’t need a software back door for that.
minus-squareLost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·7 months agoPlease don’t talk about child predators, and use the term “back door” in the same sentence. It ain’t right…
minus-squareyoshisaur@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agowe’re talking about encryption here, not…that. please get your mind out of the gutter
Neither Tor nor end-to-end encrypted messengers will cover the endpoints. It’s possible that they caught him using good old fashioned detective work. You don’t need a software back door for that.
Please don’t talk about child predators, and use the term “back door” in the same sentence. It ain’t right…
we’re talking about encryption here, not…that. please get your mind out of the gutter