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submitted 1 year ago by vowseh@lemmy.eco.br to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

TL;DR

The new system will have state encryption and WhatsApp will no longer be used for communication.

(local source: 1,2)

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[-] doomkernel@sopuli.xyz 67 points 1 year ago

"We will use Facebook Messenger, which is clearly, the better of the two"

[-] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago

Why bother with the messenger, when you can just post all the tip-top-secret only-for-your-eyes type of intelligence reports on your FB profile. That way we can be absolutely sure that only you, me, and the rest of the English speaking world will know what’s going on.

[-] Schlemmy@lemmy.ml 60 points 1 year ago

Are you kidding me? They used WhatsApp for intelligence communication?

[-] Asudox@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago

It amazes me how dumb a government can be.

[-] lhdessart@lemmy.eco.br 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Here, in Brazil, governments, be left or right wing, commonly are dumb...

[-] bingbong@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 1 year ago

Here, ~~in Brazil~~ on Earth, governments, be left or right wing, commonly are dumb...

[-] lhdessart@lemmy.eco.br 2 points 1 year ago

I can't disagree!

[-] vowseh@lemmy.eco.br 8 points 1 year ago

there were some doubts about it

Brazilian Bureau of Institutional Security:

It is not reasonable for the country's confidential intelligence information to be passed through messaging app from a private company of a foreign nation...

[-] Anonymoose@infosec.pub 27 points 1 year ago

Well it had a lock icon. You can't just make those up!

[-] gomp@lemmy.ml 26 points 1 year ago

I'm shocked! ...that so far they were using whatsapp.

[-] sadreality@kbin.social 25 points 1 year ago

How the fuck did somebody approve this?

I guess it was secure enough at some point?

[-] Vendul@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago

What do you mean? It‘s end to end encrypted :]

[-] nyakojiru@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 1 year ago

Very.... smart...

[-] QuazarOmega@lemy.lol 11 points 1 year ago

Hmm yes, state "encryption". Waiting for the day they find out it's broken and attackers had access to conversations for a few months (being slightly serious, I don't know what protocol they intend to use that would surpass or equal the Signal protocol, unless it's a state owned app that they can vet which is based on the same protocol)

[-] ihavenopeopleskills@kbin.social -3 points 1 year ago

Any intelligence agency who legitimately thought that app was ever secure after simple OSINT techniques reveal otherwise needs to be overhauled from the top down.

this post was submitted on 07 Sep 2023
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