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true, but storing all conversation histories locally and in the cloud is an anti-coup. Not that Moxie had any influence on these decisions one way or the other
by jgalt212 7y ago
true, but storing all conversation histories locally and in the cloud is an anti-coup. Not that Moxie had any influence on these decisions one way or the other (to the best of my knowledge).
The upshot is I worry that E2E encryption has given folks a false sense of security.
- tptacek 7y agoI'm probably not here for the accelerationist argument that the most popular messaging application in the world should be kept unencrypted in the hopes that it would get people to move to better applications.
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- dylan604 7y agoE2E means it is encrypted before transmission, so if that data is stored in the cloud, wouldn't that mean that it would remain encrypted if it does get stored in the cloud?
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- jgalt212 7y agonot according this announcement by WhatsApp. > Media and messages you back up aren't protected by WhatsApp end-to-end encryption while in Google Drive. https://faq.whatsapp.com/en/android/28000019/?category=5245251 https://faq.whatsapp.com/en/android/28000019/?category=52452... https://www.zdnet.com/article/whatsapp-warns-free-google-drive-backups-are-not-encrypted/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/whatsapp-warns-free-google-dri...