Sahwa@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoA federal agent said WhatsApp's encryption is a lie. Then the investigation was shut downwww.techspot.comexternal-linkmessage-square98linkfedilinkarrow-up1794arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1789arrow-down1external-linkA federal agent said WhatsApp's encryption is a lie. Then the investigation was shut downwww.techspot.comSahwa@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square98linkfedilinkfile-text
A 10-month Commerce Department probe concluded Meta could view all WhatsApp messages in unencrypted form
minus-squarezergtoshi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoSounds like a compromised phone in the sense that it doesn’t protect (and instead transmit) the private key.
minus-squareRailcar8095@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 day agoThat’s not the phones fault, but how WhatsApp works
minus-squarezergtoshi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·1 day agoHow is a phone not compromised if it hosts apps that play into the hands of evil actors?
minus-squareWhyJiffie@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·23 hours agoit is not, unless the app can exfiltrate data from other apps
minus-squareRailcar8095@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 day agoI undersrstand my threat model and how to limit exposure.
Sounds like a compromised phone in the sense that it doesn’t protect (and instead transmit) the private key.
That’s not the phones fault, but how WhatsApp works
How is a phone not compromised if it hosts apps that play into the hands of evil actors?
it is not, unless the app can exfiltrate data from other apps
I undersrstand my threat model and how to limit exposure.