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FBI Warns iPhone And Android Users—Stop Sending Texts (www.forbes.com)

submitted 2 months ago by florencia@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] coolusername@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 months ago (2 children)

yeah, it's cia

[–] TherapyGary@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You've been asked elsewhere in the thread, but I'm gonna ask again here anyway.

Source?

[–] JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

https://www.securityweek.com/law-enforcement-read-criminals-messages-after-hacking-matrix-service/

https://thecyberwire.com/newsletters/daily-briefing/13/228

I think this is what they are referring to.

I saw a Lemmy thread about it, but the main takeaway is that it was a completely different program than what we know and love. It just happened to be named the same IIRC.

Edit: https://lemmy.world/post/22758570

[–] InFerNo@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago

Criminal matrix needed you to buy access for thousands of dollars, cool matrix is free and open to anyone. Technology isn't even the same.

[–] krolden@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That's not the same matrix

[–] JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl 2 points 2 months ago

Hence why I said it

[–] unknown1234_5@kbin.earth 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

are you trying to say that matrix is run by the CIA?

[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The federated, foss software stacked network matrix. Right.

[–] unknown1234_5@kbin.earth 3 points 2 months ago

He's either trolling or getting Matrix confused with MATRIX, a separate platform that got in trouble for supporting criminals.