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For example, he said at one point: > No, we don’t see any of the content in WhatsApp, it’s fully encrypted It's clear he's speaking about his company. Given S
by lucozade 7y ago
For example, he said at one point:
> No, we don’t see any of the content in WhatsApp, it’s fully encrypted
It's clear he's speaking about his company. Given Snowden, it would be monumentally stupid to make such a bare faced lie to Congress if they were reading, or facilitating the ability to read, unencrypted content.
Especially as he could have chosen not to say anything so specific. Congressman Schatz was talking about advertising. He could have just said something innocuous like: we don't have the ability to use WhatsApp content for advertising.
- DrScientist 7y agoWhat he said there was they don't see, not they can't see. What he also didn't say there was whether others routinely saw with Facebooks help. Not saying they do, just saying he didn't strictly say they didn't. He may of also being talking in the context of using content for advertising, not surveillance. Finally a lot of intelligence gathering is just based on who has talked to who kind of networks in the first instance, rather than content because: 1. Content can be obfuscated, but not the connections 2. Easier to store and navigate 3. Less noise