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FBI Warns Americans to Start Using Encrypted Messaging Apps (gizmodo.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by kid@sh.itjust.works to c/cybersecurity@sh.itjust.works

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[–] Draconic_NEO@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago

Or literally anyone who knows you. It's based on the idea that strangers are the ones who will try to screw you over but everyone knows that it's people who you know that end up screwing you over in most cases. So security questions are basically useless in all those cases.