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The BBC reports that one of a group of four men arrested in 2014 and accused of plotting terror attacks is said to have downloaded "Mujahedeen Secrets," an Al Qaeda-linked encryption software package for Microsoft Windows:
One of the four men accused of plotting "drive-by" shootings downloaded software to allow jihadists to exchange secret messages, a court has heard. Suhaib Majeed, 21, had "Mujahideen Secrets" on his laptop, the jury heard. Mr Majeed, along with Nathan Cuffy, 26, Nyall Hamlett, 25, and Tarik Hassane, 22, from west London, deny conspiracy to murder and preparing terrorist acts. It is alleged they were inspired by the Islamic State group and plotted to kill a police officer, soldier or civilian.
The Old Bailey[*] heard that Mr Majeed liaised via Skype, the internet-based communication software, with someone overseas who helped him download the software, which the prosecution said was designed for Islamist terrorists to exchange encrypted messages. The contact abroad told Mr Majeed to "stay sharp" but unknown to either of them he was already under surveillance by counter-terrorism officers, the court was told.
The prosecution says Mr Majeed and fellow defendant Mr Hassane were in frequent contact about how to cover their tracks using false names and addresses and a variety of SIM cards. The jury also saw evidence they had set up a code to share new phone numbers but Mr Majeed did not fully understand it, leading to a string of abusive messages from Mr Hassane.
They also used Google Street View to identify targets, so put that next on the list of things to be banned.
[*] The Old Bailey.
(Score: 2) by shortscreen on Sunday January 24 2016, @09:21PM
So this is the latest propaganda eh? Not very creative.
(Score: 2) by wonkey_monkey on Sunday January 24 2016, @10:05PM
No, it's just a factual report about relevant stuff that's come up in a trial which is in the public interest.
When the government starts to point to this software (used in this case by people who were caught before they did anything, despite their use of encryption) and tries to use that to justify banning encryption, then that will be propaganda.
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(Score: 2) by RedGreen on Sunday January 24 2016, @10:39PM
"When the government starts to point to this software (used in this case by people who were caught before they did anything, despite their use of encryption) and tries to use that to justify banning encryption, then that will be propaganda."
Yet another one who tries to pretend shit like that is not going on already in the steady stream of such articles/actual people in government making such legislative proposals as I write this all across the world. The enemies of freedom are everywhere just waiting for their opportunity to stamp it out.
"I modded down, down, down, and the flames went higher." -- Sven Olsen
(Score: 2) by wonkey_monkey on Monday January 25 2016, @08:25AM
I didn't say it wasn't going on. I'm talking about this story and nothing else, which would likely have been reported whatever the prevailing attitude to encryption was. It's pertinent evidence in a public interest criminal trial.
systemd is Roko's Basilisk