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by apoph3nia
2521 days ago
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> The encryption . . . debate is already over – Facebook ended it earlier this year. [...] After all, if either user’s device is compromised, unbreakable encryption is of little relevance. [...] The problem is that if Facebook’s model succeeds, it will only be a matter of time before device manufacturers and mobile operating system developers embed similar tools directly into devices themselves, making them impossible to escape. . . . effectively ending the era of encrypted communications. I guess FB is one of the more visibly monstrous instances of surveillance capitalism so it works well as an example, but I don't understand why the author is acting as if what it allegedly aims to do is unprecedented. As if similar phenomena hadn't already been happening surreptitiously throughout various other hardware/software for quite a long time. |
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