JakeDavis

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   by JakeDavis 7y ago

   I give regular public talks on this matter and ask entire audiences these questions. Most people do think WhatsApp is sort of vaguely more secure than say SMS or Skype and are surprised to learn that it's more complex than E2E encrypti
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   by JakeDavis 7y ago

   It's not a thesis or an article, I just shitposted seven things over a cup of coffee. See this article from last year if you want a more nuanced take: https://risky.biz/e2e-not-pointless-but/
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   by JakeDavis 7y ago

   No one is disagreeing with any of those things, the thread was intended to be "from one aspect only". Here is something I wrote last year covering the issues you just raised. https://risky.biz/e2e-not-pointless-but
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   by JakeDavis 7y ago

   Most people do think WhatsApp is a privacy focused app. Not everyone reads Hacker News and knows the basics of this sector. They are mostly bamboozled by the E2E encryption argument and fail to see the rest.
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   by JakeDavis 7y ago

   Hi I'm the OP of this thread. It's not a complaint at all, it's just awareness raising. This stuff is really obvious. Twitter is a tool used by the masses so why not use it to educate and inform.