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US Government Seeks Facebook Help To Wiretap Messenger, Report Says (reuters.com)
The U.S. government is trying to force Facebook to break the encryption in its popular Messenger app so law enforcement may listen to a suspect's voice conversations in a criminal probe, Reuters reported Friday, citing three people briefed on the case said, resurrecting the issue of whether companies can be compelled to alter their products to enable surveillance. From the report: The previously unreported case in a federal court in California is proceeding under seal, so no filings are publicly available, but the three people told Reuters that Facebook is contesting the U.S. Department of Justice's demand. The judge in the Messenger case heard arguments on Tuesday on a government motion to hold Facebook in contempt of court for refusing to carry out the surveillance request, according to the sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Facebook is a platform that can not be trusted. Everybody needs to know that.
Take the cheese to sickbay, the doctor should see it as soon as possible - B'Elanna Torres, "Learning Curve"
Why can't they investigate like they used to. Its just to easy for them to sit on their ass and expect others to solve their problems for them. Just like most every one else these days.
The courts have the authority to compel people to testify and the authority to come into a place of business and gather evidence. I don't think it would be much of a stretch to force a company to allow government employees to alter code. That could happen and it should be something that is argued strenuously in the courts.
This kind of compulsion goes far beyond any reasonable argument. It's one thing to say the government can gather evidence or even take action in a private company. It's a whole different thing to try to compel a private citizen, or company who employs private citizens, to write software that goes against their best interest. It's really just tyranny, and lazy tyranny at that.
B) Eliminate all the stupid users. This is frowned upon by society.
... but about ten times until a few months ago, every single time that my Facebook Messenger app. updated, Telegram updated at the same time. Could they be the same or at least based on the same code? There is certainly no shortage of apps. that Facebook has bought and integrated.
If Messenger is actually a rebranded Telegram, then unless Facebook has the source code, Telegram has already refused to co-operate with these requests, and has been banned in a few countries (ie Russia and Pakistan) for this. And if Messenger is compromised, then Telegram would become suspect as well.
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You're describing exactly what the U.S. population decided they wanted two years ago. They wanted a totalitarian fascist for president, they got one.
43% of republicans said in a survey that they approve giving the POTUS the power to shut down any news outlet he wishes. If you have even a rudimentary knowledge of history, you know that that's how many totalitarian regimes started. Although that would be a clear violation of the 1st amendment, they know it, but they don't care. These republicans no longer care about the constitution, the bill of rights (except their f..king 2nd amendment of course), or even democracy. They would be perfectly fine having a totalitarian regime, as long as it was a conservative totalitarian regime.
The true ennemy of the U.S. is not the press, or Russia, or China, or muslims, illegal immigrants, etc. It is THESE republicans, those who are ready to destroy freedom and democracy. They are traitors to the nation.
What self respecting nefarious type monologues their " evil plan " over Facebook Messenger ?!
( or any online Social Media platform for that matter )
The ultimate shame in the underworld is to get caught and put in prison KNOWING THAT MARK ZUCKERBERG helped make it happen :|
All surveillance requests for Facebook must be routed through the Kremlin for approval.
The shepherds did so well protecting the flock that the sheep no longer believed that wolves existed.
So the court is going to hold Facebook in contempt, just like the rest of us. The court is also going to throw 'Facebook' in jail ? Which peon is going to take the fall for the corp ? Can't Facebook just claim the its' 4th amendment right are being violated, or go with the ever popular 5th amendment protection because it might be considered a member of a conspiracy after the fact ?
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We are already sliding down that slippery slope, and we've gone too far to stop the slide. As soon as they convinced us to all carry our wiretaps around with us, voluntarily, it was over.
This is just the final push to control the last few things they can't (yet) tap effectively.
The fears of our youth are now the realities of our daily lives.
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It's why they get caught in the first place. And, to be fair, the knowledge required to discover a secure alternative isn't trivial.
Other than simply not complying you mean ?
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No, I mean warrants and the use of the All Writs Act are done ex parte so nobody has standing to contest them in court. If the subject (not Facebook) wants to contest them, they have to argue that the evidence should be suppressed later and Facebook is not the one being charged so they cannot do that; Facebook is just a third party.
Instead, in order to gain standing to contest the court order, Facebook *must* be found in contempt which means not following it. Apple had to do the same thing.
Ahh I get what you mean now. Thanks for the info.
errr....umm...*whooosh* *whoosh* Is this thing on ?