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minus-squaredecapitae@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25arrow-down1·4 days agoSo how secure is that app? Resistant to root kit secure or…? 🤔
minus-squareFuglyDuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 days agoProbably not. But also, if they used “official” coms, those would be recorded, and these assholes are allergic to any kind of evidence or accountability.
minus-squaredecapitae@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoSo, theoretically; they’ve exposed the whole of operations to the publication of phone numbers along with names and possibly gmail accounts? 🤔
minus-squareFuglyDuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-23 days agoMaybe? All to avoid accountability. It’s certainly less secure than what’d you expect a federal agency to use.
minus-squareredsand@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 days agoCheap republican software. AI could probably find a DoS bug. I’m sure it has multiple RCEs if someone looked
So how secure is that app? Resistant to root kit secure or…? 🤔
Probably not.
But also, if they used “official” coms, those would be recorded, and these assholes are allergic to any kind of evidence or accountability.
So, theoretically; they’ve exposed the whole of operations to the publication of phone numbers along with names and possibly gmail accounts? 🤔
Maybe?
All to avoid accountability.
It’s certainly less secure than what’d you expect a federal agency to use.
Cheap republican software. AI could probably find a DoS bug. I’m sure it has multiple RCEs if someone looked