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I don't think it's fair to call this a "backdoor". Because of E2EE the law enforcement access is limited to looking up IP addresses associated with whatsapp use

I don't think it's fair to call this a "backdoor". Because of E2EE the law enforcement access is limited to looking up IP addresses associated with whatsapp users and such.

_trampeltier 7y ago
That was my question. What information does WhatsApp share with the law enforcement. Just, as you said IP and so, or also the messages?
- dicknuckle 7y ago
  if it's truly end to end encrypted, they would only have metadata. which is what the NSA collects en masse from Telecom providers.
  - ryanlol 7y ago
    >which is what the NSA collects en masse from Telecom providers What does that even mean? There are so many different kinds of metadata I'm not sure why it's useful to compare Telecom metadata collection to Whatsapp.
tarcisiocjr 7y ago
Here in Brazil, if I understand corrected from some leaks, after the judicial request WhatsApp stop (or something related) the encryption between Bob and Alice. After that all conversations is in plain text and accessible to federal police.
- ryanlol 7y ago
  Do they disable it or do they noisily mitm it?