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Everyone knows your location: tracking myself down through in-app ads

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1957 points apokryptein | 1 comments | 02 Feb 25 17:07 UTC | HN request time: 0.208s | source
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HelloUsername ◴[02 Feb 25 17:29 UTC] No.42910102[source]▶
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dylan604 ◴[02 Feb 25 17:52 UTC] No.42910283[source]▶
It’s funny how in recent headlines the NSA & FBI have been saying to use secure messaging app. Yet the FBI is infamous for claiming the need for back doors into these encrypted apps. What are we to think of the opposing views? Are they really being benevolent for the citizens, or do they no longer need the back door, or do they have a back door whether intentional or not?
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1. ipdashc ◴[02 Feb 25 18:57 UTC] No.42910809[source]▶
> What are we to think of the opposing views?

They're not homogenous organizations. Not sure about the FBI, but AFAIK the NSA has always been in an awkward spot of being split between defensive and offensive missions. It wouldn't be particularly surprising to have one arm going "you should all use encrypted messaging, it's the most secure" while the other arm is frantically trying to break or backdoor said encrypted messaging.