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Use Telegram. Russia blocked it since they refused to hand over private keys to the government. Interestingly they never blocked WhatsApp.

• habitue 8y ago
  The way Whatsapp encryption works, they don't have the keys to hand over. Telegram is unique in its state-vulnerable encryption implementation
  • abhishekjha 8y ago
    >The way Whatsapp encryption works, they don't have the keys to hand over. Is this by design or can they be forced by fb to give up the keys which gets stored in the server and still keep functioning? As far as I am aware its the phones which generate and maintain the keys.
  • sfifs 8y ago
    This is incorrect. WhatsApp encryption keys are managed on server and hence can be MITMed on state warrants quite easily by WhatsApp unless you are very careful to follow key changes and verify keys physically - and even then how would you know since it's WhatsApp app that is showing the key, and not something you generated independently out of band with a different program. What the encryption does is prevent non state level actors from breaking into your conversations.
• 05 8y ago
  Yeah, use a messenger with E2E off by default, no multi-device E2E sync and questionable crypto..