There is no WhatsApp 'backdoor'

Re:There is no WhatsApp 'backdoor' by akvadrako on Friday January 13, 2017 @05:58PM (#13395551)

It's also not clear that the server must forward all the delivery receipts before it forwards the later replies.

Could it just eat them all?

EDIT: after a quick look at the spec¹, it seems that it supports out-of-order messages, meaning the server could selectively eat receipts.

[1] https://whispersystems.org/docs/specifications/doubleratchet...

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Re:There is no WhatsApp 'backdoor' by FabHK on Saturday January 14, 2017 @11:02AM (#13398963)

So, given that, it would seem that a compromised server could pull a whole conversation (if people overlook the single tick mark), as claimed in the article?

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Re:There is no WhatsApp 'backdoor' by t0b on Saturday January 14, 2017 @08:58PM (#13401902)

seems like it, yes

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