Signal president Meredith Whittaker said AI agents embedded within operating systems are eroding the practical security guarantees of E2EE.
  • pinball_wizard@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    12 days ago

    The headline sounds all spy tech: “Advances in AI break your best encryption!”

    But then the article reminds us we are in the stupidest of all possible timelines:

    “Embedding AI into the operating system is such a monumentally idiotic thing to do, that no amount of other security controls can save us.”

  • reksas@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    13 days ago

    if you operating system is compromised, you cant make it secure no matter what. Just like if thief has keys to your home, no amount of security will make your home safe. At best you might know if you have been burgled.

    So its either using non-compromised operating systems or just submitting to the fact that you have no safety.

    • Voroxpete@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      13 days ago

      He’s She’s talking specifically about the idea of embedding AI agents in operating systems, and allowing them to interact with the OS on the user’s behalf.

      So if you think about something like Signal, the point is that as it leaves your device the message is encrypted, and only gets decrypted when it arrives on the device of the intended recipient. This should shut down most “Man in the middle” type of attacks. It’s like writing your letters in code so that if the FBI opens them, they can’t read any of it.

      But when you add an AI agent in the OS, that’s like dictating your letter to an FBI agent, and then encrypting it. Kind of makes the encryption part pointless.