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Re:Annoyed at crypto, Brazilian judge orders mobile carriers... by erpellan on Tuesday July 19, 2016 @02:55PM (#12123925)
What if they just gave up the ciphertext? They will have complied in the sense that the court would know everything WhatsApp knows about the content.
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Re:Annoyed at crypto, Brazilian judge orders mobile carriers... by JoshTriplett on Tuesday July 19, 2016 @03:26PM (#12124165)
That'd be interesting to see. What's the process, in general, if you're served a warrant for something you don't have?
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Re:Annoyed at crypto, Brazilian judge orders mobile carriers... by ucaetano on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @06:01AM (#12127868)
The judge explicitly requested that encryption is disabled. Which would mean pushing an update that disabled WhatsApp encryption worldwide.

Also, the judge requested that "messages in the server that still haven't been encrypted" be handed over.

It just shows the complete lack of understanding of how it works by the judge.

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