Privacy

This is a Phishing attack, just so we're clear, they haven't broken the encryption. They gain access by tricking you into clicking malicious links or scanning fake QR codes. As long as you stay vigilant you should be fine, make sure to warn other people in your life though who might not be as keen on this though, they can easily be compromised, and if they share conversations with you it can indirectly affect you if they are.

To be clear: these are phishing techniques. They aren’t breaking the encryption, they’re getting the user to let them in.

Before I even read: it's phishing, and it's nothing new. There's no evidence supporting anyone has broken this level of E2EE.

After reading: oh look. Surprise. This is my surprised face.

This just screams of "we want backdoors to be forced into encrypted things so we have even more control"

Security is only as good as it's weakest link, which is almost always the end user. These attacks do not compromise Signal the protocol (e.g seeing in-flight data), they are focusing on hijacking account information to gain access.

Clearly the solution is giving back doors only to the government.