The article discusses an incident where journalist Jeffrey Goldberg was accidentally added to a Signal chat about US military strikes, highlighting ongoing global government efforts to surveil private online discussions. The 'Ghost Protocol' allows officials to surreptitiously join end-to-end encrypted chats, compromising the intended security of these communications. As governments push against encryption and access encrypted messages without consent, the erosion of personal privacy threatens individual rights and freedoms essential to democratic societies.
Governments have been trying to gain access to private online conversations since private online conversations have existed.
The most sinister plan is 'The Ghost Protocol', which allows officials to add themselves secretly to encrypted conversations.
Unwarranted interference has a chilling effect on our individual autonomy and our ability to exercise our fundamental rights.
It is crucial that when we message using 'secure' methods, that those messages are actually exchanged securely.
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