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Encrypted messages can be read via second linked device
Original: Verschlüsselte Nachrichten lassen sich auch ohne Knacken der Verschlüsselung lesen. Es reicht aus, ein zweites Gerät hin
Encrypted messenger chats can be read without breaking any encryption: adding a second linked device to a phone grants access to messages, German security commentator Mike Kuketz-style warnings and the case of parents handing their phones to police in January 2020 to read their daughter's messages illustrate the technique. Commentators say the trick exploits legitimate device-linking features rather than any cryptographic weakness.
Why now: Discussion of how a 2020 German police case showed encrypted chats can be exposed by simply linking another device.
German policeWhatsApp-style messenger device linkingend-to-end encryption
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