• n2burns@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Would it not be E2EE? Isn’t that one of the reasons for using the Signal protocol?

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      1 year ago

      Yes, the “delivering” part would be E2EE. Do we really know the afterwards if they can read their users’ messages? They probably can.

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        1 year ago

        Whatsapp CANNOT read messages when e2ee is enabled, this client-side snooping was discussed when the protocol was first implemented. Whatsapp collects a ton of metadata and social graph info, but not message content.

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        1 year ago

        Sure, but any messaging app (including Signal) could have these backdoors in place. Heck, there’s even vectors for unrelated apps on your phone to read this data once unencrypted.

    • authorinthedark@lemmy.sdf.org
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      1 year ago

      if i remember correctly, it would be E2EE (WhatsApp and Messenger are too) but Meta stores the encrypted message on their server