Re:Google will add E2E encryption to Authenticator backups
by Sohcahtoa82 on Thursday April 27, 2023 @12:43PM
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Merely being sent over HTTPS does not guarantee full E2EE.
End-to-End Encryption means that nobody between you and the person you're communicating with can decrypt the data, not even the middle-man service facilitating the communication.
In the case of Gmail, the content itself is not encrypted. Google can read the e-mail. It's likely encrypted at rest, but Google has the key.
End-to-End Encryption means that nobody between you and the person you're communicating with can decrypt the data, not even the middle-man service facilitating the communication.
In the case of Gmail, the content itself is not encrypted. Google can read the e-mail. It's likely encrypted at rest, but Google has the key.