Wilshire@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoDiscord began blocking servers with information prohibited in the Russian Federationhabr.comexternal-linkmessage-square90fedilinkarrow-up1525arrow-down17
arrow-up1518arrow-down1external-linkDiscord began blocking servers with information prohibited in the Russian Federationhabr.comWilshire@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square90fedilink
minus-squarevoxel@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down4·8 months agomessages between client and server are still encrypted tho so does it really matter
minus-squareOlivia@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·8 months agoNo, because the MITM attack is the relevant government walking up to discord with a paper saying “I do what I want” Man in the Middle = Government subpoena
minus-squareben_dover@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 months agothey are not even “in the middle” but rather “at the very end”, since they’re just getting the data directly from the service provider instead
minus-squareOlivia@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoNo, they are very much in the middle. The attack occurs in the middle between sender and receiver. It doesn’t matter when the attack occurs, that is the position in the message chain that the government targets.
messages between client and server are still encrypted tho so does it really matter
No, because the MITM attack is the relevant government walking up to discord with a paper saying “I do what I want”
Man in the Middle = Government subpoena
they are not even “in the middle” but rather “at the very end”, since they’re just getting the data directly from the service provider instead
No, they are very much in the middle. The attack occurs in the middle between sender and receiver. It doesn’t matter when the attack occurs, that is the position in the message chain that the government targets.