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Re:Building end-to-end security for Messenger – Engineering ... by contrarian1234 on Thursday December 07, 2023 @09:00AM (#38556381)
- It's hard to imagine a project getting signed off for just being "nice" - especially when it hurts their own business interests.

- I don't really see it making sense as a PR move to build trust. I think outside of the tech sector they are doing fine on that front. The vast majority of people use their Bytedance, Meta, Tencent, etc. apps and aren't considering their encryptedness.

- I don't think this announcement will get any substantial press coverage

- It could be preemptive so that they don't get bad PR when they end up being "complicit" in getting people sent to jail for abortions (in the US) or being gay (in some African countries) or whatever

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Re:Building end-to-end security for Messenger – Engineering ... by bryan_w on Thursday December 07, 2023 @10:36PM (#38565141)
> It could be preemptive so that they don't get bad PR when they end up being "complicit" in getting people sent to jail for abortions (in the US) or being gay (in some African countries) or whatever

Exactly this. With the recent laws passed they see how their altruistic "save the children" partnerships with law enforcement could be twisted for causes that aren't as popular everywhere.

Also it cost money to serve all those warrants.

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