It is if the official is being payed to lure fellow officials into making big security mistakes. Anyone who knows a sociopath knows they would sell their mom for a candy bar.
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pennomi@lemmy.world 10 months ago
All the top contributors have .il tlds for their emails. Hmmm… I’m just gonna throw it out there, but an app created by foreign nationals might not be a good choice for top secret communication.
RustyShackleford@literature.cafe 10 months ago
jagged_circle@feddit.nl 10 months ago
If its open source and audited, it doesn’t matter.
pennomi@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Sure, but this is a very obscure project. It has few eyes holding it accountable.
jagged_circle@feddit.nl 10 months ago
The government is buying it. And cryptocurrency companies. That’s a lot of money and a lot of eyes.
pennomi@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Clearly not enough money and eyes, because it got hacked.
spankmonkey@lemmy.world 10 months ago
It is if you are a foreign asset.