Re:WhatsApp Encryption Said to Stymie Wiretap Order
by tankm0de on Saturday March 12, 2016 @04:58PM
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In end-to-end encryption the private keys are on the user's phone. The point of a wiretap is not to let the target know you're listening. Having the code source + user's public keys from WhatsApp is of no help in decrypting.
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Re:WhatsApp Encryption Said to Stymie Wiretap Order
by simoncion on Saturday March 12, 2016 @08:54PM
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Yup. E2E crypto with keys stored on the conversing devices shuts down all MitM attacks. It doesn't stop targeted attacks (warranted or unwarranted), but I expect that law enforcement considers passive data scraping to be much less serious than targeted surveillance.