Russia Bans 1.8M Amazon and Google IPs in Attempt to Block Telegram

Re:Russia Bans 1.8M Amazon and Google IPs in Attempt to Bloc... by abhiminator on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @09:48AM (#16858223)

> WhatsApp and Messenger content. (emphasis mine)

Isn't WhatsApp supposed to be end-to-end encrypted making it next to impossible even for developers (Facebook Inc. in this case) to access the transmitted messages' content?

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Re:Russia Bans 1.8M Amazon and Google IPs in Attempt to Bloc... by netzone on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @10:05AM (#16858381)

Wasn't it WhatsApp that sent a key back to Facebook servers? Technically it's end-to-end encrypted, but Facebook could decrypt it if they really wanted to.

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Re:Russia Bans 1.8M Amazon and Google IPs in Attempt to Bloc... by willstrafach on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @03:24PM (#16861477)

Do you have a source for this claim?

It does not sound correct.

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Re:Russia Bans 1.8M Amazon and Google IPs in Attempt to Bloc... by andrepd on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @10:26AM (#16858594)

What use is it being end-to-end encrypted if, for all you know, they store the keys, or even decrypt and store all contents on their servers...

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Re:Russia Bans 1.8M Amazon and Google IPs in Attempt to Bloc... by donkeyd on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @10:32AM (#16858651)

It's decrypted on my phone in their app. Theoretically, what stops them from connecting to my phone and reading the decrypted content from there?

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