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Re:Facebook, WhatsApp Will Have to Share Messages With U.K.? by smudgymcscmudge on Saturday September 28, 2019 @11:25AM (#21100824)
Did you notice the article doesn't say anything about decrypting the messages? It just says they have to turn over encrypted messages.
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Re:Facebook, WhatsApp Will Have to Share Messages With U.K.? by squarefoot on Saturday September 28, 2019 @11:36AM (#21100907)
The question should be why on Earth would they ask access to encrypted messages if they couldn't already decrypt them, or be able to do that soon.
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Re:Facebook, WhatsApp Will Have to Share Messages With U.K.? by aianus on Saturday September 28, 2019 @11:44AM (#21100980)
You can infer a lot of information from the metadata, like the volume and timing of messages.
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Re:Facebook, WhatsApp Will Have to Share Messages With U.K.? by IshKebab on Saturday September 28, 2019 @12:57PM (#21101429)
They're after the metadata. Who contacted who, and how often.
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