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'Ghost' cybercrime platform dismantled in global operation, 51 arrested (www.reuters.com)
submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Dude. Just use Signal or SimpleX. Even Telegram is alright. Why bother to use an service that no one heard of?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

"Security through obscurity" will only get you so far

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

I love how they refer to encrypted messengers as "cybercrime platforms"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

How do they manage to choose the same names as existing Foss tech for these? First matrix, now ghost.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Likely intentional so that it looks credible.