Micah Lee 🫡

Micah Lee 🫡 @micahflee

RT @JuliaAngwin: I am so grateful to be returning to @team_markup as Editor-in-Chief along with my incredible team of journalists. We are t… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @mediagazer: A deep dive into the methods used to unmask confidential sources in seven Justice Department cases against US government wh… — PolitiTweet.org

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El Paso gunman's fear of a migrant "invasion" echoed Donald Trump and Fox News https://t.co/C8aMEajkhW by @RobertMackey — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ewarren: Donald Trump is enabling white supremacy—and Republicans are enabling him. And when Congress and the American people have trie… — PolitiTweet.org

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@galaxy_argha @FreedomofPress @signalapp @WhatsApp WhatsApp is end-to-end encrypted, like Signal. I have yet to see any credible evidence that Facebook has backdoored WhatsApp's use of the Signal protocol and can access the content of e2e encrypted messages — PolitiTweet.org

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@galaxy_argha @FreedomofPress @signalapp @WhatsApp You mean this comparison in how they treat metadata? https://t.co/8ZFgcl6aGn — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @FreedomofPress: Must-read article by our board member @micahflee about how the US government has used its incredible surveillance power… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @rsingel: Jesus this is scary. It makes clear that almost no fed employee can safely feed reporters sensitive info. It also shows how m… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @rj_gallagher: This piece shines light on some of the methods the US government is using to track down whistleblowers & leakers -- a mus… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ewarren: White supremacy is not a mental illness. We need to call it what it is: Domestic terrorism. And we need to call out Donald Tru… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @inthesedeserts: fellas, is it gay to save humanity?? when you get down to it, you'll be rescuing a bunch of dudes https://t.co/JQS6zWs7… — PolitiTweet.org

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@X_Cli_Public @__dotblake They probably forwarded the TLS connection to the Signal server when domain fronting, so Google App Engine would see the encrypted traffic that anyone spying on a phone's internet could see without domain fronting. There's no reason to do anything else — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @theintercept: It’s increasingly clear that the primary evidence used against whistleblowers comes from events that happened before they… — PolitiTweet.org

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Apple didn't say if they handed over Edwards iMessage metadata. But they do retain this metadata for 30 days, and hand it to the FBI when ordered. However the iMessage metadata, in the form of "capability query logs," "do not indicate" that a message was actually sent https://t.co/ndYYdur9PZ — PolitiTweet.org

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WhatsApp didn't comment, but they routinely comply with pen register/trap and trace orders. In the last half of 2018, Facebook got 4904 pen register requests and responded with "some data" to 92% of them. So, good to know: Facebook gives the FBI WhatsApp metadata when ordered https://t.co/MlopCC5A0j — PolitiTweet.org

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Signal has confirmed they did not provide the metadata. All of the government requests they've ever responded to are listed here https://t.co/TvBrsOs6zS (it's just one, and Signal provided basically no information) https://t.co/AuNMCjZ49a — PolitiTweet.org

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But you can't see metadata from popular encrypted messaging apps just by spying on internet traffic. These apps encrypt communication to the server, so only the service itself can see who messages are sent to. So most likely, a messaging app complied with a court order — PolitiTweet.org

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Pen register and trap and trace orders allow the government to collect metadata from a phone, but doesn't define exactly how they get the metadata. It could be spying on the phone's internet, eavesdropping with a stingray, or ordering the service provider to hand it over — PolitiTweet.org

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During the investigation, the FBI got a "judicially-authorized pen register and trap and trace order" for her personal phone. Using this, they started receiving real-time metadata for an encryption messaging app -- but they don't name which app https://t.co/CBUckr1rEu — PolitiTweet.org

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She was a senior official with the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), and she allegedly provided Buzzfeed's Jason Leopold with details about suspicious financial transactions involving GOP Russian operatives, members of Trump campaign, etc. — PolitiTweet.org

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I wrote in detail about the methods the FBI uses to unmask whistleblowers, based on court filings from all 7 of Trump's leak cases so far. One that's particularly interesting is about whistleblower Natalie Mayflower Sours Edwards https://t.co/yzRjIMpUvg — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @WendyMeer11: Make sure and follow the links embedded within the article. @micahflee takes us on a frightful journey... #FreeRealityWinn… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @WendyMeer11: The Trump Administration Is Using the Full Power of the U.S. Surveillance State Against Whistleblowers #RealityWinner http… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ThisIsMissEm: @micahflee No, they also removed Switter, a social network for sex workers. They didn't even give switter a warning, unli… — PolitiTweet.org

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@SarahJamieLewis Oh! I wasn't aware of this one — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @SarahJamieLewis: @micahflee Only other? They were very quick to throw sex workers under the bus https://t.co/539CY1DUsA — PolitiTweet.org

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Coudflare terminates service for 8chan. The only other site they've removed from their network is the neo-Nazi site the Daily Stormer https://t.co/eax62Dvnh8 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @GamerPres2020: I worked all morning on a statement about these horrific shootings, but then I realized @DanPatrick and @GOPLeader Kevin… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jefe001: Another outstanding @Intercept article by @MicahFLee. Used Trump DOJ court filings to deduce surveillance techniques to track,… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @theintercept: Seven whistleblowers have been prosecuted for leaking information to publishers since 2017. We’ve mined the court filings… — PolitiTweet.org