They need to add a backdoor
that is my first thought as well.
“Shoot we didn’t take into consideration that GROK will need to be able to see these somehow, so now we need to redo it”
I just assumed it was elon trying decrypt old messages to make trump people happy so they go after individuals
People need to stop going on Twitter…
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while we work on making improvements
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The fact that he tried to make it like there is a reasonable reason is delightful.
“Improvements” = Adding backdoors to their encryption for agency spying networks.
This is how that works.
I’m more than confident that Twitter already had a backdoor for encrypted DMs.
However, I would bet cash money that the current administration has lost the institutional knowledge of how to use it. So they’re having to reinvent the wheel, most likely by injecting a bunch of new bugs and sloppily implemented hacks.
I just like the idea that previous administrations just delete all of the documentation on the way out, rather like a fired sysadmin worker deleting all their automation scripts. “Work it out for yourself”
Oh man I may have to stop using this fascist propaganda service now.
I doubt this is news to most folks on the Fediverse, but don’t trust Twitter, Facebook, or any company whose business model is advertising to secure your private conversations.
Even if they aren’t up to no good today, it is only a matter of time until they come for your messages.
I’ve been hearing a lot of straight up adverts about WhatsApp recently, which I found interesting.
I saw a WhatsApp ad on Prime. And it was focused on the encryption aspect. “WhatsApp can’t even read your messages” or whatever. Was weird.
I’m hearing a lot of that on the radio.
So… they’re definitely adding some spying capabilities.
100%. If it was purely a migration, it wouldn’t need to have downtime. There’s ways to replay events and eventually catch a system up (eventual consistency models).
This feels more like they’re adding backdoor into their encryption algorithms for government agencies.
Given who musk is, and what he’s done the last year and who he’s hanging out with in this admin, that’s a near sure thing.
They’re being rerouted to a more “secure” storage facility. I believe it’s Kaspersky’s.
I thought they disabled DMs when some influencer refused to have Elon Musk’s babies and shared her DMs with a friend
They misspelled “backdoors.”
Just use PGP everywhere, it doesn’t matter where you chat then.