Re:WhatsApp announces key transparency being added to WhatsApp
by tapoxi on Thursday April 13, 2023 @10:26AM
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Whatsapp has been fully e2e for years, maybe since 2016? It uses the Signal protocol.
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Re:WhatsApp announces key transparency being added to WhatsApp
by NayamAmarshe on Thursday April 13, 2023 @02:16PM
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> It uses the Signal protocol.
Is there any evidence for this? Like any independent audits like Signal and Telegram have for their protocols?
Re:WhatsApp announces key transparency being added to WhatsApp
by tapoxi on Thursday April 13, 2023 @08:48PM
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It was done by Signal themselves: https://signal.org/blog/whatsapp-complete/
The client is closed so it can't be independently verified outside of sniffing traffic or decompilation I assume.