Comment on FTC says Amazon executives destroyed potential evidence by using apps like Signal
BrikoX@lemmy.zip 2 weeks agoUS government is definitely against encryption, but there is a difference between using encryption/disappearing messages when you are not indicted and when you are indicted. First one is fine, second one is against the 18 U.S. Code § 1519 law.
beek@beehaw.org 2 weeks ago
Depends on when you started using it, when you were served with a notice to retain, and whether you used Signal to discuss content that falls under said notice.
Either way, encryption and/or auto-delete isn’t the enemy here.
BrikoX@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
They used it for 15 months after being given notice to retain. It’s in the article.
beek@beehaw.org 2 weeks ago
Yep, totally agree. Just pointing out that the tech is not the enemy here, it’s the intent of the user(s). I’m a big fan of Signal, and they’ve done nothing wrong here, though to some the headline could imply that the tool is complicit here.