Sahwa@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agoA federal agent said WhatsApp's encryption is a lie. Then the investigation was shut downwww.techspot.comexternal-linkmessage-square105linkfedilinkarrow-up1833arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up1827arrow-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 · 6 days agomessage-square105linkfedilinkfile-text
A 10-month Commerce Department probe concluded Meta could view all WhatsApp messages in unencrypted form
minus-squarezergtoshi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 days agoSounds like a compromised phone in the sense that it doesn’t protect (and instead transmit) the private key.
minus-squareRailcar8095@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·6 days agoThat’s not the phones fault, but how WhatsApp works
minus-squarezergtoshi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·6 days agoHow is a phone not compromised if it hosts apps that play into the hands of evil actors?
minus-squareWhyJiffie@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 days agoit is not, unless the app can exfiltrate data from other apps
minus-squareRailcar8095@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·6 days 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.