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I was asking because I have a notification today in one of my chats saying that e2ee was enabled. I didn't see the same notification in any group chats. Outside
by humanrebar 11y ago
I was asking because I have a notification today in one of my chats saying that e2ee was enabled. I didn't see the same notification in any group chats. Outside of that notification, it's not clear to me when things are encrypted.
Maybe the next step is a more obvious indicator.
- zxexz 11y agoDoesn't everyone in the chat have to have the new version of the app before it's all e2e?
- humanrebar 11y agoI guess? Hence the indicator. It would be nice to know if someone switched phones and e2ee turned off, for example.
- kasey_junk 11y ago> Once a client recognizes a contact as being fully e2e capable, it will not permit transmitting plaintext to that contact They do this to prevent degradation attacks.
- somesay 11y agoOnce your number had e2e support0, you can't switch to a phone without e2e. Notifications on key changes are switched off by default, but I hope they still warn you in the chat history. We'll see.
- koenigdavidmj 11y agoI just checked this with a group chat I'm in, and it said that it was not yet enabled because one person has not yet updated.
- spikengineer 11y agoAfter a few weeks, non-updating users will get a stern warning that Whatsapp will stop working until they update. Whatsapp does this with every version. They expire every few months.