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Basically, disagreement over the term "backdoor", which sounds like it was put there intentionally. WhatsApp/Moxie: we made a security/usability trade-off. Th
by y7 10y ago
Basically, disagreement over the term "backdoor", which sounds like it was put there intentionally.
WhatsApp/Moxie: we made a security/usability trade-off.
The video's author/The Guardian: this trade-off allows an attacker to intercept messages (undetected, as long as he permanently cuts off the recipient's phone), which is bad.
- Certhas 10y agoIsn't undetected, as long as he permanently cuts off the recipient's phone a bit of a contradiction?
- FabHK 10y ago> undetected No, a) not if user has enabled security notifications (disabled by default) b) not across a back-and-forth conversation, provided user checks for blue double ticks