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Explained: What is message encryption and how it works
- tmp538394722 6y agoThis article seems to confuse some terms. Just one little example > ...offers an additional layer of encryption, where messages can get deleted after a specific time. That’s not encryption. That’s application logic which you must trust is working on the recipients device as well as yours. There are a lot of other mistakes. It seems like regurgitated blog spam, and I won’t spend time correcting the rest of it. doing some quick googling shows these clearer, shorter, and more correct articles: Very short explainer: https://protonmail.com/blog/what-is-end-to-end-encryption/ https://protonmail.com/blog/what-is-end-to-end-encryption/ More in depth: https://ssd.eff.org/en/module/deep-dive-end-end-encryption-how-do-public-key-encryption-systems-work https://ssd.eff.org/en/module/deep-dive-end-end-encryption-h...