Re:WhatsApp whitepaper removed sentence about never having a...
by octorian on Friday January 08, 2021 @12:14PM
(#25686951)
> if you start secret chat only you and your peer knows encryption keys
The moment a product is "secure by exception" rather than "secure by default," a huge benefit of E2E encryption is immediately thrown out the window. Sometimes the simple knowledge of which conversations are secure, and which aren't, is more valuable than the content of those conversations.
Furthermore, when everything is E2E encrypted, mass surveillance of message content is essentially quashed.
The moment a product is "secure by exception" rather than "secure by default," a huge benefit of E2E encryption is immediately thrown out the window. Sometimes the simple knowledge of which conversations are secure, and which aren't, is more valuable than the content of those conversations.
Furthermore, when everything is E2E encrypted, mass surveillance of message content is essentially quashed.