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From a tech perspective, e2e adds a lot of constraints on reliability and message ordering which makes it hard to distribute (think « exactly once » vs « at lea
by bsaul 4y ago
From a tech perspective, e2e adds a lot of constraints on reliability and message ordering which makes it hard to distribute (think « exactly once » vs « at least once » kind of problem, albeit a little different). It also adds a lot of UX problems, since every device has its own secrets and version of the messages.
This is, imho what makes whatsapp uniquely hard to scale.
- NayamAmarshe 4y agoYep, spot on. E2EE has technical limitations, that's why even Telegram's own E2EE is pretty limited in functionality.