• Avatar of Vengeance@lemmy.ml
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    2 months ago

    It’s funny that he earnestly tells people to use GrapheneOS like the application layer is going to protect anyone

    It would be nice if everyone used that kind of thing in order to diminish acquisition & increase costs, but billing it as something that will work in national security-related arrests seems naïve

      • Eiren (she/her)@lemmygrad.ml
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        2 months ago

        It’s an alternative Android based on the AOSP that’s supposed to be more private/secure/whatever.

        I think it was just brought up because Medhurst clearly isn’t an expert on how to hide his tracks.

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          He’s a public figure and journalist, he’s not exactly a spy. I don’t see the point of them bringing up this unrelated discussion to attack Medhurst and derail the conversation about the terror laws and destruction of free speech in the UK. Priorities? Message discipline? Never heard of them apparently.

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          The thing is, GrapheneOS can’t really hide his tracks. Him reporting publicly already puts a target on his back, and GrapheneOS can’t help him with that.

          Western-made privacy software like GrapheneOS, Signal, Tor, etc. are designed first and foremost for anonymity from Global South governments. Most were funded by the Open Technology Fund, a CIA cutout originally founded by Radio Free Asia to make software to help CIA informants and color revolution planning. Because of this, you can’t really expect them to protect you from the West itself, especially if your anonymity is already busted by being public.