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[-] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 210 points 6 months ago
[-] commander@lemmy.world 52 points 6 months ago

The loophole in WhatsApp's end-to-end encryption is simple: The recipient of any WhatsApp message can flag it. Once flagged, the message is copied on the recipient's device and sent as a separate message to Facebook for review.

That practically applies to every form of digital communication. Sender/recipient has it on their end unencrypted and passes/leaks it on elsewhere

[-] GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Pretty sure the more user / privacy friendly options prevent screenshots or copying from an encrypted chat, and also allow the participants to delete their messages after they were read or even a set time.

[-] domdanial@reddthat.com 18 points 6 months ago

Restricting screenshots is laughable security. If you can read a message then you can take a picture with a second device, there isn't any software that can stop that.

Preventing screenshots can stop accidents and make someone think twice about it, and disappearing messages prevents returning later and looking them up, but that's it.

[-] GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Well yes obviously nobody can prevent the recipient from taking a picture of the screen with a second device or writing down manually what the message said.

No system is foolproof, but those features are definitely miles ahead of anything meta provides, since they dont actually want those chats to be encrypted. They want that data, it is their business model.

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