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A comment on Zoom End-to-End Encryption Whitepaper. Parent comment

Re:Zoom End-to-End Encryption Whitepaper by kerkeslager on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @04:02PM (#23556038)
Zoom isn't an end. That's not what "end" means in the context of "end to end".
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Re:Zoom End-to-End Encryption Whitepaper by frenchy on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @04:09PM (#23556106)
It shouldn't be, but if you don't control the software and the encryption algorithm, there's no reason why zoom couldn't just sign the content so that could evesdrop on everything.
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Re:Zoom End-to-End Encryption Whitepaper by kerkeslager on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @04:15PM (#23556192)
If you don't have end-to-end encryption, then yes, Zoom can man-in-the-middle your conversation. That is how we know Zoom doesn't have end-to-end encryption.

That doesn't mean end-to-end encryption is pointless, if that's what you're implying.

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Re:Zoom End-to-End Encryption Whitepaper by dependenttypes on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @04:45PM (#23556516)
Signing has nothing to do with eavesdropping.
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Re:Zoom End-to-End Encryption Whitepaper by kerkeslager on Thursday June 18, 2020 @10:26AM (#23563385)
That's simply not correct. If you don't have authentication you don't have encryption.
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