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Part of the evidence Mueller used to build his case came from Stones own WhatsApp messages, according an indictment (pdf) unsealed on Friday. The 24-page document details Stones communications about an entity referred to as Organization 1, which the court filing makes clear is WikiLeaks, during the 2016 presidential campaign. According to the indictment, Stone communicated regularly with senior Trump Campaign officials, to whom he delivered stolen emails that were surfaced by WikiLeaks, and that he promised would be damaging to Hillary Clintons campaign.
In one exchange, Stone suggests to a contact that they switch their text conversation to a safer channel. Want to talk on a secure linegot Whatsapp? he texted.
The indictment goes on to describe messages between Stone and the other party about material that would hurt the Clinton campaign, suggesting investigators working for the special counsel were able to access the WhatsApp exchange.
The messaging service, which is owned by Facebook, is known for its highly secure end-to-end encryption, meaning everything is encrypted before it leaves the users phone and decrypted only after it reaches the recipients device. Only the sender and receiver, not even WhatsApp itself, can read encrypted messages.
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Crutchez_CuiBono
(7,725 posts)teach1st
(5,935 posts)And
Most likely, one of the participants in the messaging in question was careless about storing the data.
Crutchez_CuiBono
(7,725 posts)Encryption can be UNENCRYPTED by the NSA...if they can do it...so can the corporate guys who get paid for fb. Back doors come to mind.
C_U_L8R
(45,003 posts)And every backup of a backup. Even the deleted files might live on in a cache. Every time, these Republican crooks get brought down by their own arrogance and stupidity.
Botany
(70,516 posts)I bet ya that the FBI or the NSA or the CIA can read the messages.
senior Trump Campaign officials, Now who could these be?
D.T., D.T.Jr, J.K., I.T., P.M., Eric Prince, Devin Nunes, Jeff Sessions, and ?