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Re:WhatsApp's Signal Protocol integration is now complete by humanrebar on Tuesday April 05, 2016 @01:16PM (#11432288)
I was asking because I have a notification today in one of my chats saying that e2ee was enabled. I didn't see the same notification in any group chats. Outside of that notification, it's not clear to me when things are encrypted.

Maybe the next step is a more obvious indicator.

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Re:WhatsApp's Signal Protocol integration is now complete by koenigdavidmj on Tuesday April 05, 2016 @01:35PM (#11432498)
I just checked this with a group chat I'm in, and it said that it was not yet enabled because one person has not yet updated.
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Re:WhatsApp's Signal Protocol integration is now complete by spikengineer on Tuesday April 05, 2016 @03:46PM (#11433720)
After a few weeks, non-updating users will get a stern warning that Whatsapp will stop working until they update. Whatsapp does this with every version. They expire every few months.
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Re:WhatsApp's Signal Protocol integration is now complete by zxexz on Tuesday April 05, 2016 @01:22PM (#11432353)
Doesn't everyone in the chat have to have the new version of the app before it's all e2e?
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Re:WhatsApp's Signal Protocol integration is now complete by humanrebar on Tuesday April 05, 2016 @01:32PM (#11432463)
I guess? Hence the indicator. It would be nice to know if someone switched phones and e2ee turned off, for example.
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Re:WhatsApp's Signal Protocol integration is now complete by kasey_junk on Tuesday April 05, 2016 @01:42PM (#11432581)
> Once a client recognizes a contact as being fully e2e capable, it will not permit transmitting plaintext to that contact

They do this to prevent degradation attacks.

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Re:WhatsApp's Signal Protocol integration is now complete by somesay on Wednesday April 06, 2016 @05:25AM (#11437650)
Once your number had e2e support0, you can't switch to a phone without e2e. Notifications on key changes are switched off by default, but I hope they still warn you in the chat history. We'll see.
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