Re:WhatsApp encryption is useless
by mikegerwitz on Wednesday May 11, 2016 @04:33PM
(#11679000)
> Yes, to all your questions except the last one.
I'm sorry, but I don't understand. You are okay with a provably vulnerable system protecting some of life's most important assets.
Could you elaborate?
> That's the whole point. If I intend to overthrow president Trump, I won't use WhatsApp.
You made a blanket statement about the integrity of purportedly secure systems. These exact arguments can apply just as well to other systems, like Tor, or SSH, or HTTP over TLS.
I'm sorry, but I don't understand. You are okay with a provably vulnerable system protecting some of life's most important assets.
Could you elaborate?
> That's the whole point. If I intend to overthrow president Trump, I won't use WhatsApp.
You made a blanket statement about the integrity of purportedly secure systems. These exact arguments can apply just as well to other systems, like Tor, or SSH, or HTTP over TLS.