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I just don't buy that Facebook will only limit itself to what it tells us publicly that it will do. Facebook has recently talked about merging Messenger, Whats
by mtgx 7y ago
I just don't buy that Facebook will only limit itself to what it tells us publicly that it will do.
Facebook has recently talked about merging Messenger, WhatsApp, and Instagram chat into one while "also keeping end-to-end encryption."
Why would Facebook cuts its own access to all the data ming it was getting with the Messenger and Instagram chat? It wouldn't, unless it uses "faux" e2e encryption. Besides, Facebook currently allows advertisers to send ads Messenger users. How would those ads be managed by FB's servers, if the encryption is truly end-to-end between the sender and the receiver?
Also, this "new encryption system" is exactly what the founders of WhatsApp left:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/30/technology/whatsapp-facebook-jan-koum.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/30/technology/whatsapp-faceb...
- OrwellianChild 7y agoMy understanding of FB's plan to E2E encrypt everything is that it would be done to dodge responsibility for content moderation. If it can't see what's being discussed, it can't be held responsible for reigning in hate speech, misinformation, etc.
- entropea 7y agoWho defines what is hate speech and what is misinformation though? We're in post truth where I don't even think the "good actors" are acting truthfully.
- dmix 7y agoBlackberry has been calling their phones/messaging secure forever and that hasn't been true in a decade. Fortunately the employees who work on security stuff tend to be anti-authoritarian so it will leak out of FB pretty fast unless it was some secret court order.
- ghostpepper 7y agoI didn't think Blackberry even made their own phones anymore. Aren't the current crop of Blackberry-brand Android phones just white-label from a Chinese manufacturer called TCL?