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Yes. Signal has perfect forward secrecy. There's no way any government could compel them to release private chat information: they are literally unable to do so
by jmcphers 11y ago
Yes. Signal has perfect forward secrecy. There's no way any government could compel them to release private chat information: they are literally unable to do so.
- NN88 11y agocan you explain more?
- Splines 11y agoEven so, a government could still block them until they realized it's futile (or something). The end effect is in their favor: users to move to other platforms that are not as secure.
- oceanofsolaris 11y agoWhatsApp does/might (who knows, they are not transparent about it and it is closed source) employ the same end-to-end encrypted protocol as Signal does (for some users): http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/nov/19/whatsapp-messaging-encryption-android-ios http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/nov/19/whatsapp-m...