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Re:Facebook Messenger begins testing end-to-end encryption u... by remy_ on Friday July 08, 2016 @10:49AM (#12055923)
Because the binary is served from a marketplace that works with an app that you trust and that will verify the package signature. Or, the web browser does not behave like a package manager.
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Re:Facebook Messenger begins testing end-to-end encryption u... by aurelianito on Friday July 08, 2016 @12:50PM (#12056883)
So it would need a browser plug-in instead of just a web page? That seems fair enough. Extra kudos if they manage to use a standard plug-in for several websites. Maybe we can even get some kind of standard for this.
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