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TL;dr of the article :
This secret stays between you, me, and Elon.
I hope politicians use the hell out of it, so we can see what they really think when it gets (inevitably) hacked in a few weeks.
Then it's literally not even E2EE, lol
What is the "A" in "AITM"?
This is the first time I heard of AITM, thought it was a new name for MITM:
https://www.blueshielditns.com/post/man-in-the-middle-vs-adversary-in-the-middle-understanding-the-differences-and-staying-safe
Are you sure that site is trustworthy? It kinda reads like an LLM being told to explain the difference between two names for the same thing and basically rephrasing the same thing. I'd imagine it might just be a different name to get rid of a male-coded word.
Adversary
It’s just MITM but with extra steps
Ah yes, Malcolm in the Middle is behind this all along.
Anal
Agencies
Asshole
Aliens
Anyone
Elon.
Apple
Administrator
is it different with signal, telegram, whatsapp?
If you chat on Xitter you‘re chatting with mecha Hitler.
They are stupid, but not that stupid.
Never attribute to malice what can be attributed to incompetence.
I used to give the benefit of the doubt but when there are bad incentives in play and shit keeps happening.. then perhaps that is naïve sometimes, unfortunately.
Do you mean bad incentives?
And sure, I don't disagree, but these people are also not actually that smart. I would worry more about this getting hacked in a week way before Elon gets a chance to use it against anyone.
Thanks, I do.