[Cryptography] Signal hypothetical use case becomes practical since cellular providers have started censoring private text messages
Amarendra Godbole
amarendra.godbole at gmail.com
Thu Dec 30 18:35:55 EST 2021
> On Dec 30, 2021, at 3:04 PM, Aram Perez via cryptography <cryptography at metzdowd.com> wrote:
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>> On Dec 30, 2021, at 8:55 AM, erik <erik at erikgranger.name> wrote:
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>> Recently, I heard a very concerning thing: If you share this link via unencrypted SMS on t-mobile, it won't go through:
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>> https://www.canadiancovidcarealliance.org/media-resources/the-pfizer-inoculations-for-covid-19-more-harm-than-good-2/
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>> I first attempted to send the link to myself. It did not go through.
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>> Just for a sanity check, I sent it through Signal. It did go through, obviously.
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> <<<snip>>>
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> I was able to send it to myself (I’m on T-Mobile) but I have an iPhone so it could be that Apple allows it to be sent.
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> /Aram
That mostly because it was sent as an iMessage through Apple's servers and your cellphone provider was not involved.
-ag
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