A week ago, we offered some analysis on the whistleblower report released by ODNI, suggesting it tied into the Alfa Bank allegations, using a few clues in the report.
I still keep thinking about one researcher saying something to the effect of you don’t know the half of it. Makes me feel like there is something very deep in what went on and perhaps maybe we might learn a bit more. Keep up the great work.
“In this paper, we explore the viability and implications of an alternative method for addressing law enforcements need to access communications: legalized hacking of target devices through existing vulnerabilities in end-user software and platforms. The FBI already uses this approach on a small scale; we expect that its use will increase, especially as centralized wiretapping capabilities become less viable.
Such is the inevitable fallout of the standoff in the “Going Dark” debate, in which technologists opposing any formalized regime of government access to encrypted communications would regularly point to hacking as a solution to governmental concerns. U.S. agencies will certainly be using these tools; it’s just unclear how much unilateral deployment in criminal cases we will see.
Interesting in the Comey memo where Priebus asked if the conversation was private, Priebus asked Comey what he would talk to McDonough about. He mentioned Going Dark specifically
Direct collusion with the Trump campaign is probably not happening, Lewis said. “Let’s say you’re working with someone in the Trump campaign. How do you communicate with them? I think it’s unlikely given the practical difficulties.”
If verified, it could reopen the Alfa Bank controversy, cast doubt on past investigations, and deepen distrust in the intelligence community’s willingness to follow inconvenient evidence.
I still keep thinking about one researcher saying something to the effect of you don’t know the half of it. Makes me feel like there is something very deep in what went on and perhaps maybe we might learn a bit more. Keep up the great work.
“In this paper, we explore the viability and implications of an alternative method for addressing law enforcements need to access communications: legalized hacking of target devices through existing vulnerabilities in end-user software and platforms. The FBI already uses this approach on a small scale; we expect that its use will increase, especially as centralized wiretapping capabilities become less viable.
https://scholarlycommons.law.northwestern.edu/njtip/vol12/iss1/1/
Daniel Richman
June 1, 2022
Such is the inevitable fallout of the standoff in the “Going Dark” debate, in which technologists opposing any formalized regime of government access to encrypted communications would regularly point to hacking as a solution to governmental concerns. U.S. agencies will certainly be using these tools; it’s just unclear how much unilateral deployment in criminal cases we will see.
https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/foreign-equities-and-informational-restraints-us-prosecutors
Interesting in the Comey memo where Priebus asked if the conversation was private, Priebus asked Comey what he would talk to McDonough about. He mentioned Going Dark specifically
I think Comey enjoyed waxing the conspiratorial edges of the political skis imo
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7/30/2016
Direct collusion with the Trump campaign is probably not happening, Lewis said. “Let’s say you’re working with someone in the Trump campaign. How do you communicate with them? I think it’s unlikely given the practical difficulties.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jul/30/donald-trump-paul-manafort-ukraine-russia-putin-ties
Broken Yolk in the Gerth piece makes plausible sense to me now
I thought McCabe should be paying attention to the conference unless he’s great at multitasking
If verified, it could reopen the Alfa Bank controversy, cast doubt on past investigations, and deepen distrust in the intelligence community’s willingness to follow inconvenient evidence.