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Iran blocks every major foreign messaging app, except WhatsApp. Signal escaped it until now only because they had so few users. Also keep in mind that while Wha
by twhb 6y ago
Iran blocks every major foreign messaging app, except WhatsApp. Signal escaped it until now only because they had so few users. Also keep in mind that while WhatsApp claims to use the Signal protocol, they installed a backdoor that allows them to MITM conversations. So yes, I’d say it’s virtually guaranteed that WhatsApp is sending unencrypted message data to Iran, and of course to the US too.
- oarsinsync 6y ago> [WhatsApp] installed a backdoor that allows them to MITM conversations Citation?
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- kolmogorov 6y agohttps://signal.org/blog/there-is-no-whatsapp-backdoor/ https://signal.org/blog/there-is-no-whatsapp-backdoor/
- twhb 6y agoHN discussion of that post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13394900 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13394900 I guess I'm coming down hard on one side of a controversial question, but in my mind, if it allows the server to intercept messages without users knowing about it under the default configuration, it's a backdoor.
- egberts 6y ago“There’s no backdoor.” — Perhaps the door is cracked (or ajar) and a microphone is listening in ... still?