Re:Belgium Arrests Two in Probe Over Returning Syria Fighter
by late2part on Tuesday June 09, 2015 @10:43AM
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It's called "Consumer Marketing of Encryption."
Almost certainly Whatsapp is doing consumer to server encryption, but not end to end. If this is true, then Whatsapp holds or can decrypt the internal storage or transfer of messages.
Alternatively, there is a likelihood that the encryption keys are escrowed or trivially encrypted.
This is what we're seeing in the consolidating web giant world. Words don't match technical expectations, but they meet the letter of the law. We see/saw the same thing with privacy.
Almost certainly Whatsapp is doing consumer to server encryption, but not end to end. If this is true, then Whatsapp holds or can decrypt the internal storage or transfer of messages.
Alternatively, there is a likelihood that the encryption keys are escrowed or trivially encrypted.
This is what we're seeing in the consolidating web giant world. Words don't match technical expectations, but they meet the letter of the law. We see/saw the same thing with privacy.