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@@ -84,13 +84,13 @@ of end-to-end encryption by terrorists in order to avoid interception by the authorities. Due to U.S. usage of intercepted communications to uncover and prevent a number of al-Qaeda plots, the terrorist organisation and other terrorist groups have increasingly -used encrypted communications (read citation from Graham). A +used encrypted communications. A significant factor is the use of non-mainstream software in the early use of encryption by terrorists, including a program that built a wrapper around the popular, secure, and open source PGP called \fIMujahedeen Secrets\fR by al-Qaeda. Although now terrorists and criminals use widely available, popular, and user-friendly software such as the Tails -operating system or Telegram (Graham citation 28), terrorist +operating system or Telegram, terrorist organisations have shown an ability to make use of more obscure and complicated systems, as well as to use publicly available source code in order to construct software for operatives to use. @@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ can operate with a very limited number of operatives \[oq]on the ground\[cq] and instead focus attention on the giant amounts of data they have for processing in order to make the findings they intend to: be it crime, terrorism, or \[en] as was the case in the Gestapo and -Stasi - descent. +Stasi \[en] descent. .HLINE @@ -358,8 +358,8 @@ proprietary. For many, this will continue to be the norm. Yet, the pressure from increasing popular open source software will continue to mount. The open source messaging platform \[oq]Signal\[cq] offers a security oriented product and publishes requests they receive from -courts and law enforcement alongside their replies online (cite). -Demonstrating their respect for user privacy and that they are unable +courts and law enforcement alongside their replies online {Signal +Grand Jury}{Ars Signal}. Demonstrating their respect for user privacy and that they are unable to release data as they do not collect it is perhaps something that users are finding more appealing. Indeed, when Apple refused to unlock a phone for the FBI following a terrorist attack it gained @@ -456,3 +456,15 @@ Accessed 25 March 2022 %J The Guardian %O Accessed online on 25 March 2022 %D Feb 2016 + +%A Signal +%D October 2021 +%T Grand jury subpoena for Signal user data, Central District of California (again!) +%O https://signal.org/bigbrother/cd-california-grand-jury/ +Accessed 26 March 2022 + +%J Ars Technica +%A Cyrus Farivar +%D October 2016 +%T FBI demands Signal user data, but there’s not much to hand over +%O Accessed online on 26 March 2022 |