Lawsuit Alleges That WhatsApp Has No End-to-End Encryption - Slashdot
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Longtime Slashdot reader schwit1 shares a report from PCMag: A lawsuit claims that WhatsApp's end-to-end encryption is a sham, and is demanding damages, but the app's parent company, Meta, calls the claims "false and absurd." The lawsuit was filed in a San Francisco US district court on Friday and c...

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  • Autonomous User@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 months ago

    Correct, WhatsApp fails to include a libre software license text file. We do not control it. So, it has never been secure.

  • reabsorbthelight@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    “Your honor, end to end encryption is a marketing term that we have trademarked and we would like to counter sue anyone using it”

  • tjoa@feddit.org
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    4 months ago

    I don’t know if they still do it but they actively gaslight you into believing you have e2e even with peers you have not scanned the public key of.

    • unknowing8343@discuss.tchncs.de
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      4 months ago

      I get your point but E2E is independent from public key validation. Public key validation is basically being a bit more slightly sure that the E2E communication happens with who you think, although… It’s never a guarantee. Keys can be stolen.