cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/12771944
Why would a secure line matter? Do webex calls not encrypted? Even whatsapp calls are e2e encrypted.
Germany says its officer’s ‘operational mistake’ during Singapore Airshow visit led to army leak | The Straits Times
Submitted 3 months ago by fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
Diplomjodler@feddit.de 3 months ago
The dude visited an air show where you can be sure the place will be crawling with spies. Then he called in to a video call from an unsecured line. What a fucking clown show.
conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Blame him, sure.
But if they actually had a secure system, he wouldn’t just be able to join in an insecure way (obviously excluding bugs at his physical location).
Diplomjodler@feddit.de 3 months ago
That dude is certainly to blame but it’s also a massive institutional failure.
sunbeam60@lemmy.one 3 months ago
It’s not a clown show. It’s intentional. And it’s working. I’m 99% this was an intentional leak by the West. The first sign is that it was released by TASS, not the Russian government. They were supposedly fed information by a Russian group of hackers. But it smells a lot like these hackers may have been an EU/US intelligence agency.
Why? Because this pops the cherry around the West having soldiers in Ukraine. Unless Russia fires its nukes or attacks a NATO country, this now makes it a fact that the west has soldiers on the ground in Ukraine. This achieves two things.
Now, gently, the West can expand the envelope, and Russia’s boiling frog situation prevents it from having an explosive reaction.
Secondly it derisks Western soldiers dying in Ukraine. Think about it: What’s a better, less risky news story; Russia has killed western soldiers in Ukraine by accident or WE HAVE FUCKING TROOPS IN UKRAINE?!?! AND RUSSIA HAS KILLED THEM?!?!
wahming@monyet.cc 3 months ago
Not very up to date on the topic. Isn’t the article about delivering missiles to Ukraine? Don’t see anything about boots on the ground.
Plopp@lemmy.world 3 months ago
If you say so it must be true.
scorpionix@feddit.de 3 months ago
Our previous chancellor in 2013. Still is today it seems.
fne8w2ah@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Motherfucking Neuland.
fne8w2ah@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Best part was that doofus video calling using insecure hotel WiFi! 😲🤣
NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 3 months ago
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