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Re:Facebook, WhatsApp Will Have to Share Messages With U.K.? by verizonuser on Saturday September 28, 2019 @12:06PM (#21101123)
One can infer that the NSA cannot break strong encryption used in WhatsApp.
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Re:Facebook, WhatsApp Will Have to Share Messages With U.K.? by stordoff on Saturday September 28, 2019 @12:23PM (#21101227)
Or they want political cover to avoid revealing their capabilities, or to enable that data to be used more easily in court or for a wider range of offences.
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