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Re:Facebook Tells Barr It Won’t Open Up Encrypted Messages by bagacrap on Tuesday December 10, 2019 @02:49PM (#21756150)
Messenger is encrypted, just not by default. You have to choose "private conversation" to encrypt. This is probably the right choice for most users since they'd rather have access to their messages across devices than e2e encryption.
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Re:Facebook Tells Barr It Won’t Open Up Encrypted Messages by elicash on Tuesday December 10, 2019 @02:55PM (#21756206)
Since I'd imagine, then, that 99% or more aren't encrypted, what has been the biggest issue that has resulted from this? We could then judge that against the negative outcomes of law enforcement not having access to, say, WhatsApp messages.
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