[hackernewsdhsu]

The "device" is backdoored. People must be responsible for their own security. Sad, but true. Learn GPG people.

[JoshTriplett]

"Learn GPG" is neither a useful nor a correct recommendation for people concerned about security; if you believe the device is backdoored, GPG will not save you, nor will anything else.

[hackernewsdhsu]

A backdoored device can transmit secure comms, if the encryption is performed on a protected device.

[igor47]

If the device is already backdoored all hope is lost. The device can exfiltrate your private key and the password.

[hackernewsdhsu]

You must assume it is backdoored. Cell [smart] phones are the greatest surveillance network the government has ever created.

But, you can use that against them. Your phone doesn't have to always be with you. You can be where you are, and you phone's location can be hundres of miles away.

Use it to your advantage.... They do.

[dec0dedab0de]

True, but government is not a monolith.