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Re:WhatsApp Encryption Security Flaws Could Allow Snoops to ... by cup-of-tea on Wednesday January 10, 2018 @11:18AM (#16116117)
> it is not what you would consider perfect.

And that is exactly what I mean by security people giving up. Twenty years ago what I think is perfect was merely the norm. Now WhatsApp is OK and it's just me who doesn't consider it perfect.

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Re:WhatsApp Encryption Security Flaws Could Allow Snoops to ... by UncleMeat on Wednesday January 10, 2018 @11:56AM (#16116551)
Best I can tell, people are still publishing papers on messaging. For example, this very paper published in RWC. Where have people given up?
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Re:WhatsApp Encryption Security Flaws Could Allow Snoops to ... by nickik on Wednesday January 10, 2018 @05:25PM (#16119719)
Pretty arrogant of you.

I was just at a confrence where new more secure communications was one of the topics and there are many people working on new apps, improved protocols and working on figuring out flaws in existing products.

Everybody there understands the security constraints of Whatsapp, and believe me they can hardly shut up about it.

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