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> only you and the person you're communicating with can read or listen to what is sent, and nobody in between, not even WhatsApp I guess the key lies in "what
by spinningslate 4y ago
> only you and the person you're communicating with can read or listen to what is sent, and nobody in between, not even WhatsApp
I guess the key lies in "what is sent" in the above statement. The casual reader might reasonably interpret as "no-one except the intended recipient can see _what I type_". But it doesn't say that. It only covers what gets _sent_. It doesn't say anything about what happens to the content outside specifically _sending_ it to the other party(ies).
- beardyw 4y agoMaybe Meta are not as trustworthy as I imagined.
- endofreach 4y agoStop calling them Meta. It‘s Facebook.
- snapcaster 4y agodon't die on this hill, it's all arbitrary and won't make a difference
- dwater 4y agoComcast rebranded as Xfinity because they knew everyone hated Comcast. Now everyone also hates Xfinity. It's fine.
- andrewinardeer 4y agoSo lying by ommission?
- InsomniacL 4y agoEven if that interpretation was correct in a broader sense, which I don't believe it is, certainly in this context of e2ee it isn't correct. The more obvious explanation is that before or after the e2ee (i.e within the app itself), an algorithm scans the content, categorizes it and sends this to Meta/Facebook. In this scenario, *Nobody* has read the content other than the person you're communicating with.
- Melatonic 4y agoThe local app running on your phone might even legally by considered "you" since it is running on your device under your user agent. I realize that is a bit of a nefarious take but I could see that being the case.....