The Practical Limitations of End-to-End Encryption

Internet discussions about end-to-end encryption are plagued by misunderstandings, misinformation, and some people totally missing the point. Of course, people being wrong on the Internet isn’t exactly news. XKCD: Duty Calls “What do you want me to do? LEAVE? Then they’ll keep being wrong!” Yesterday, a story in The Atlantic alleged that the Trump Administration accidentally added their editor, Jeffrey Goldberg, to a Signal group chat discussing a military action in Yemen. This was quickly confirmed to be authentic. Brian Hughes, the spokesman for the National Security Council, responded two hours later, confirming the veracity of the Signal group. “This appears to be an authentic message chain, and we are reviewing how an inadvertent number was added to the chain,” Hughes wrote. The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans — The Atlantic In the aftermath of this glorious fuck-up by the Trump administration, I have observed many poorly informed hot takes. Some ... Read full article.