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A comment on FBI's ability to legally access secure messaging app content and metadata [pdf]. Parent comment

Re:FBI's ability to legally access secure messaging app cont... by wizzwizz4 on Tuesday November 30, 2021 @04:14PM (#29397545)
> And a screenshot, or another camera, or a rooted phone can easily defeat that.

Not if the message has already been deleted. Auto-deleting messages are so the recipient doesn't have to delete them manually, not so the recipient can't possibly keep a copy.

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Re:FBI's ability to legally access secure messaging app cont... by summm on Tuesday November 30, 2021 @04:37PM (#29397825)
Exactly this. Even more: Auto-deleting messages are also that the sender doesn't have to delete them manually. Most people do not understand this. I even had a discussion with an open source chat app implementer who insisted on not implementing disappearing messages because they couldn't be really enforced.
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