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usonian

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2. The big technical point is ...

Reply to imanamerican63 (Original post)

Fri Mar 28, 2025, 10:11 AM

Mar 2025

the phone OS is vulnerable.

What good is encryption when malware can steal your camera, microphone and screen? Zero.

Consumer phones are not approved because they are trivially hackable. That's the elephant in the room.

Signal, for more technical reasons.

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