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Tucker’s Message Fiasco Is the Wakeup Call You Need to Auto-Delete Your Messages

by blakeashleyjr on 5/12/23, 5:42 PM with 87 comments

• by monero-xmr on 5/12/23, 7:54 PM

  “Never write if you can speak; never speak if you can nod; never nod if you can wink”

• by JohnMakin on 5/12/23, 7:37 PM

  > Think twice before sending a message, even over Signal. You will likely not be able to predict when you will be sued, investigated, or otherwise thrown into the lime-light.

  Or, radical new idea here, how about conduct yourself in a reasonable way where if everyone in the world read your text messages you wouldn't be fired or go to jail?

• by majkinetor on 5/12/23, 8:32 PM

  The problem with Signal is that other party can turn auto delete off for both. Clearly bad design. It should be that the smallest timer wins.

• by 71a54xd on 5/12/23, 7:50 PM

  The way his phone was compromised was likely with targeted malware like Pegasus v2. Even if you're deleting messages it wouldn't matter, because whatever you're seeing on the screen / typing is all being logged and transmitted somewhere else.

• by zorrotorro on 5/12/23, 7:57 PM

  I postulate that given HNs political guidelines, this whole submission has a high chance of being flagged for some reason.

  Most people have no need to auto-delete something that was recorded by a 3rd party already.

• by BugsJustFindMe on 5/12/23, 7:39 PM

  Oh yes. I see it clearly now. The problem this whole time was actually that he didn't sufficiently hide the evidence of malicious intent.

  What a weird, bland, utterly oblivious take.