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Re:One trick Apple uses to make you think green bubbles are ... by mmcnl on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @03:28PM (#33181837)
WhatsApp is end-to-end encrypted. WhatsApp actually uses the Signal Protocol. Probably the best protocol they could use. It's described pretty detailed in a whitepaper publicly available on the WhatsApp website: https://www.whatsapp.com/security/WhatsApp-Security-Whitepap...
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Re:One trick Apple uses to make you think green bubbles are ... by taylodl on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @04:30PM (#33182652)
You got me to look into this further. I was seeing if there was a backdoor - and it appears there isn't. https://signal.org/blog/there-is-no-whatsapp-backdoor/

Given that I don't see why more of us Americans aren't using WhatsApp! :)

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Re:One trick Apple uses to make you think green bubbles are ... by mmcnl on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @05:09PM (#33183262)
Ofcourse WhatsApp is not open source, as opposed to Signal (the app). You can never be truly sure if the protocol is implemented without backdoors because you can't verify the code. But I agree, WhatsApp is a pretty solid app.
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