Article 3NHXE It's 2018, and Google just proposed an instant messaging tool with no encryption

It's 2018, and Google just proposed an instant messaging tool with no encryption

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Cory Doctorow
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It's 2018, five years after Edward Snowden's documents revealed the scope of US and allied mass surveillance; after a string of revelations about creepy private-sector cyber-arms-dealers who sell spying tools to stalkers, criminals, and autocratic governments, Google has proposed "Chat," a new Android standard for instant messaging with no encryption and hence zero protection against snooping. (more")

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