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		bad_user on Feb 25, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Signal to leave Sweden if backdoor law passes European armed forces should know best, given that Signal has seen actual use by Ukrainian military personnel, with Russian forces trying their best to target those encrypted communications (right now mostly by getting those smartphones from dead bodies).

mmooss on Feb 26, 2025 [–]

They also have a social engineering attack using the Linked Devices features, which was on the front page of HN recently.

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