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If WhatsApp has the decryption key, it's not end-to-end encrypted. If Apple has your decryption key, then iCloud uploads aren't encrypted (and Apple seems to h
by tomp 6y ago
If WhatsApp has the decryption key, it's not end-to-end encrypted.
If Apple has your decryption key, then iCloud uploads aren't encrypted (and Apple seems to have the decryption key, as they offer "reset password" functionality).
- srhngpr 6y agoThe backups aren't E2E encrypted, WhatsApp even tells you this in the backup settings page in the app. But if they hold the decryption key and the only way to get it is via registering with a WhatsApp server via SMS verification, then doesn't that imply that Apple and Google don't have the key and can't read or restore the messages?