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0 pointspeoplefromibiza3y ago0 comments

> Those countries would love to blackmail you

based on what?

At least is an entire Country that will blackmail me, must think I am really important, not some rando that hacked iCloud to find celebrities boobs and post them online...

> Just encrypt your data rclone would do that.

yeah, but rclone is an offline backup, basically.

cloud storage is for when you need immediate access and search capabilities.

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MerelyMortal3y ago· 3 in thread

Maybe not you specificially, but for example in the U.S., there are over three million people with security clearances. That's a large pool for an adversary to choose from. Maybe all an adversary needs for one particular mission is to identify a janitor at a facility, go through some of their content to find a nude selfie that they might be embarrased if their family saw, and the adversary says, it would be a shame if your friends, family, and coworkers saw this, just prop open this door, it's just a door...

And there are a million more people who don't have security clearances and work at companies such as Alphabet, Meta, a datacenter, Boeing, etc.

peoplefromibizaOP3y ago

> Maybe not you specificially, but for example in the U.S., there are over three million people with security clearances

it's private files, not secret state information.

things like my address book, SMS (mostly inbound alerts, nobody sends them anymore), WhatsApp backups (which are encrypted) or pictures I took with the phone's camera, nothing compromising.

MerelyMortal3y ago

> it's private files

Exactly, which for some people contains content that you could blackmail them with.

> pictures I took with the phone's camera

I'm glad you don't take nude selfies, or cheat on your spouse through SMS, etc; but others do, and that potentially makes them susceptible to blackmail.

What if, instead of money, the blackmailers asked Jeff Bezos for access to some AWS servers. He most likely is not the only CEO that took nude selfies and can grant access to sensitive areas. What if, it was pictures/information from before someone knew any better, had access, or were famous.

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retrac3y ago

I'm glad you're not blackmailable. Many people are. It's a national security threat for people with secrets to have those secrets compromised by a foreign power. E.g. it's discovered that someone working with classified information is having an affair. Big vulnerability there if a foreign government happens to have access to what goes on with a dating app.

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