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Re:Chinese Media Warn WeChat Admins: "You Can Be Arrested fo... by fouc on Thursday May 02, 2019 @11:47PM (#19815351)
I thought only 1-to-1 messages were encrypted and group chat wasn't.
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Re:Chinese Media Warn WeChat Admins: "You Can Be Arrested fo... by aitchnyu on Friday May 03, 2019 @03:48AM (#19816387)
Whatsapp does E2E for groups, which have upto 256 members. A Matrix dev said they scaled E2E to groups with thousands.
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Re:Chinese Media Warn WeChat Admins: "You Can Be Arrested fo... by likpok on Thursday May 02, 2019 @11:55PM (#19815382)
The group chat is also encrypted, but anyone in the group chat can share the messages.
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