Re:WhatsApp backdoor allows snooping on encrypted messages
by therealmarv on Friday January 13, 2017 @07:25AM
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The biggest security issue on WhatsApp are the backups, especially the cloud backups not the protocol and this so called "backdoor" itself. Pictures not encrypted on backups, encryption keys of backups stored on WhatsApp side which might or might not (???) have access to your cloud backups on Google Drive and iCloud. If a government (USA?) gets access to one of your or your friends backups and the encryption key it can see all of the conversation. This is for me the weakest point of WhatsApp.
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Re:WhatsApp backdoor allows snooping on encrypted messages
by Moyamo on Friday January 13, 2017 @11:30AM
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I've noticed this as well, do they even encrypt the backups the upload to google drive and if so with what key? If they use one key then the advantages of perfect forward and perfect future secrecy that the double-ratchet protocol provides is lost.
Re:WhatsApp backdoor allows snooping on encrypted messages
by Sgt_Apone on Friday January 13, 2017 @01:35PM
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Messages and media backed up to Google Drive are "not protected by WhatsApp end-to-end encryption while in Google Drive" according the app.
Re:WhatsApp backdoor allows snooping on encrypted messages
by arghIdontwantto on Friday January 13, 2017 @03:45PM
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Hey
You replied to me about a month ago concerned about my health when I was dealing with issues with my wife: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13039203
I couldn't reply to that as it is too old, but wanted to tell you that we talked and we ended up parting ways. While things are still in a turmoil, it seems like some kind of window opened and hope is out there again.
Just wanted to thank you for the concern showed then.
Happy new year!!