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U.S. officials urge Americans to use encrypted apps amid unprecedented cyberattack (www.nbcnews.com)

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[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 54 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Bets on this being directly related to back doors that US spy agencies demand be installed?

[–] treadful@lemmy.zip 37 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

RTFA

The third has been systems that telecommunications companies use in compliance with the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA), which allows law enforcement and intelligence agencies with court orders to track individuals’ communications. CALEA systems can include classified court orders from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, which processes some U.S. intelligence court orders.

[–] Kbobabob@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago

So, bet won?

[–] stinky@redlemmy.com 6 points 2 weeks ago

Wouldn't surprise me. "We're doing this to be helpful to you!" is actually moustached disney villain behavior.

^ similar to the prisoners with cats gimmick. "look how nice we're being to our prisoners" is actually "stop yelling at your bunkmate or we'll take away your cat"