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Re:Apple Pulls Encrypted iCloud Security Feature in UK by alex-robbins on Friday February 21, 2025 @04:25PM (#43133195)
WhatsApp is closed source. They could backdoor it if they wanted to (or were forced to).
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Re:Apple Pulls Encrypted iCloud Security Feature in UK by bitpush on Friday February 21, 2025 @05:52PM (#43134071)
And so in Apple and iOS. What is your point?
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Re:Apple Pulls Encrypted iCloud Security Feature in UK by IshKebab on Friday February 21, 2025 @06:11PM (#43134238)
His point was that it is technically possible for WhatsApp to add a backdoor. Apple could too.
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Re:Apple Pulls Encrypted iCloud Security Feature in UK by AutistiCoder on Tuesday February 25, 2025 @04:49PM (#43177962)
sure, but

a) that would involve changing the code base b) more privacy minded users would just delete the messages or not update.

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