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Politico says it has launched a security review after a private telephone conversation between one of its reporters and an EU official about issues connected to Hungary and Ukraine was apparently intercepted and the recording published online. https://www.politico.eu/article/politico-journalist-call-intercept-published-hacking-security-review-hungary-ukraine/

Call between POLITICO journalist and EU official was intercepted and published online

“Our internal reviews have found no evidence that any devices, networks or systems have been compromised,” POLITICO says in email to staff.

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Michael Downey 🧢2d ago

Use @signalapp.

Define "private".

If they were calling over normal telephone networks, that's only private as long as no one bothers to listen in.

If they were calling over Signal, someone has bothered quite a lot to listen in, and from one of the used devices.

If POLITICO confirms this was a Signal call, at least one end of the call was targeted.

If it was a regular phone call, anyone anywhere in between could have done this with a little effort. Side note: being a non-democratic state does reduce the amount of effort significantly.

That's a lot of "if"s, so I hope there will be follow-up from POLITICO.

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Bussy Willow 1d ago

@avuko private has a definition. You’re talking about secure, which is a different thing.

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⠠⠵ avuko 1d ago

@Goodwithcolour

well, aaaactually...

All bad memes aside, there are many definitions, and I'd say here there is an understanding we mean something somewhere between confidentiality and privacy.

But in everyday language, privacy will do, right?