[LINK] Daryl Maguire told Gladys Berejiklian to use WeChat
Roger Clarke
Roger.Clarke at xamax.com.au
Wed Nov 3 09:25:52 AEDT 2021
On 3/11/21 8:47 am, Tom Worthington wrote:
> I found it troubling that someone who had been in government would
> recommend the Premier of an Australian state use WeChat, thinking it is
> secure.
Unusually, it was totally rational behaviour by Maguire.
All of the recommended secure services are subject to being either
friendly to US agencies or compromised by them (maybe with help from
their friends, particularly in Israel, even maybe in Australia).
WeChat has to be presumed to be accessible by the PRC.
But the PRC is less likely to provide information from conversations to
NSW ICAC, NSW Police, AFP, etc. than the others are.
(:-)}
> Daryl Maguire told Gladys Berejiklian to download WeChat and get a
> private phone in text exchange heard at ICAC probe, Zoe Zaczek, Sky
> News:
> https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/politics/daryl-maguire-told-gladys-berejiklian-to-download-wechat-and-get-a-private-phone-in-text-exchange-heard-at-icac-probe/news-story/58973a940f9a51274912badcf4ef2cd4
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