[giantdirewolf]

Hey guys, I've heard media news and rumors about the dutch police being able to decrypt xmpp with otr. Anyone else seeing this? Any more details?

[Τroye]

Pretty sure the end-to-end encrypted messages can't be intercepted by the government!

[Gt403cyl]

Anything is possible but without any real confirmation it’s just rumors....

[Smexy]

I've seen the news because I'm based here in The Netherlands.
I'm not sure, the gov tries it hardest to keep us sheep well.

[DrDoof]

I seriously doubt this is nothing more than just intercepting the encrypted messages, and then literally nothing more, because they will never be able to decrypt it without the clients' keys.

[PURITYRING437]

Police will use news and media to spread false narratives, such as tor being compromised or certain forms of encryption being crackable as a method of spreading fear, uncertainty, and doubt.

[CyberStrike]

It tends to be a bit more difficult to get information out to Europe, when it relates to state malware campaigns. It happens throughout the world though and we know for a fact that the UK/Germany/France (perhaps more) have either confirmed,, amended laws, or been caught using such software against their citizens.

Example:

https://www.zdnet.com/article/isp-involv...-campaign/

With the help of an ISP perhaps even infiltration of VPN's (eg NSA does this) why would it be impossible? Perhaps not exactly the "Police" but maybe information is forwarded onto them.

[Reddragon12]

Just use the news to scare everyone haha

[jonylameass11]

hope thats just that,just rumors

[tola]

I have heard that they are selling phones that include those services and that are redirected to their servers, and i know quite a lot of people who are falling for it.