The rapid Twitter crowds doubting NYT sourcing on this—mocking reporters technical knowledge—seem to have missed it.https://twitter.com/Susan_Hennessey/status/753262915227119616 …
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Replying to @Susan_Hennessey
but anyway some of us already mocked that last night.
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Replying to @emptywheel
How does ProPublica article misstate? Times reporter specifically said claims rested on broader sourcing than included in piece.
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Replying to @Susan_Hennessey
I'm still far more impressed w/ISIS' use of burners. But no one (ex Speier) talking about doing something abt that.
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Replying to @emptywheel
Obtaining messages after the fact is different animal. Issue here is one of scale. Yes, voice interception one small workaround
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Replying to @Susan_Hennessey
Right. If only those metadata dragnets worked as promised, but this story again shows they don't.
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Replying to @emptywheel
No such thing has 100% solution. Just not how intel it works. But error rate above 0 doesn't mean it "doesn't work."
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Replying to @Susan_Hennessey @emptywheel
My point is the need for intellectual honesty here. USG can't say "We would have stopped this but for Whatsapp."
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Replying to @Susan_Hennessey
Well, the IC has a long long way to go to reach that. Any many outlandish claims to live down first.
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Replying to @emptywheel
Be the change you wish to see. IC can and should be more candid. But let's stop pretending other side's problems are fabricated.
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Yes. Encryption will help some people avoid detection if and when metadata dragnet fails to do what IC promises it does.
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