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Out of curiosity here, does anyone trust that Facebook is actually implementing proper E2EE, between two users, with no key interception / logging, and not just
by anonym29 4y ago
Out of curiosity here, does anyone trust that Facebook is actually implementing proper E2EE, between two users, with no key interception / logging, and not just as some marketing gimmick where they actually mean that the connection between your device and the Facebook server is "end-to-end encrypted"?
Call me jaded, call me cynical, but at this point, I do not trust a single word that corporation prints regarding privacy.
- super256 4y agoWhy should we assume that they are handling encryption in Messenger different from encryption in WhatsApp?
- NayamAmarshe 4y agoOn the other hand, why should we assume WhatsApp's E2EE is 100% like the double ratchet spec and not 90% or even 50%? No one knows if WhatsApp implements E2EE correctly and does not do anything funny with your data. As long as that remains unproven due to the closed source binary we should never assume WhatsApp's E2EE is 'good enough'. It's also Facebook so you know half the story already.
- anonym29 4y agoPersonally, I don't assume they're implemented differently - I use neither because I don't trust closed source code, I don't trust big tech corporations like FB, and I definitely do not trust closed source code from big tech corporations like FB. Mind you, I say this as someone who audits closed source code at a big tech corporation as a profession - someone who deliberately avoids using a single piece of closed source software developed by their employer on any personal devices despite it being ubiquitous and in widespread use.