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Next-up officially announced integration of Axolotl and ZRTP in both Whatsapp and Facebook Messenger?

• mike-cardwell 11y ago
  WhatsApp already implemented Axolotl - https://whispersystems.org/blog/whatsapp/ https://whispersystems.org/blog/whatsapp/
  • StavrosK 11y ago
    It's only used opportunistically, though (which is still much better than plaintext).
    • sarciszewski 11y ago
      > Implying that opportunistic encryption is much better than plaintext Unless you have an active attacker, in which case they are equivalent.
      • StavrosK 11y ago
        So, overall, much better :P
        • sarciszewski 11y ago
          Nope. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibF36Yyeehw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibF36Yyeehw
      • lmm 11y ago
        No security measure will 100% prevent attacks; any security measure is about increasing the cost to attackers. Forcing attackers to be active is a good thing on this measure (though of course if you can use a technique that is also effective against active attackers this is better still).
  • higherpurpose 11y ago
    I said officially announced. Do you have a link from Whatsapp saying that?