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Patrick Leavy
Patrick Leavy
@patrickleavy@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

I just updated the RTA blog post about #Meta with this nugget of info that I had overlooked: they have your #WhatsApp #encryption keys.... 🤦🏼‍♂️

So they can say "your content is end-to-end-encrypted" until the cows come home, but they can still access it whenever they want! (and they always want to, because they are an #advertising and #AI business, and supplier-of- #surveillance -info-to-the-cops business)

FYI Signal do NOT have your encryption keys.

Original blog post: https://blog.rebeltechalliance.org/know-your-enemy-pt-2-meta/

Do you trust Meta with your keys?
One key 'feature' of WhatsApp (and iMessage for that matter) is that they also handle your encryption keys. This undoubtably makes life easier for people (messages can be easily restored/ported to another device) but it also means that ultimately the keys to your encrypted messages are owned by people who you cannot trust (i.e. Meta). 
And sure enough in a lawsuit against Meta it has been alledged that Meta actually can see your message content, and they scan it for their advertising and AI business, and for security agencies.
Do you trust Meta with your keys? One key 'feature' of WhatsApp (and iMessage for that matter) is that they also handle your encryption keys. This undoubtably makes life easier for people (messages can be easily restored/ported to another device) but it also means that ultimately the keys to your encrypted messages are owned by people who you cannot trust (i.e. Meta). And sure enough in a lawsuit against Meta it has been alledged that Meta actually can see your message content, and they scan it for their advertising and AI business, and for security agencies.
Do you trust Meta with your keys? One key 'feature' of WhatsApp (and iMessage for that matter) is that they also handle your encryption keys. This undoubtably makes life easier for people (messages can be easily restored/ported to another device) but it also means that ultimately the keys to your encrypted messages are owned by people who you cannot trust (i.e. Meta). And sure enough in a lawsuit against Meta it has been alledged that Meta actually can see your message content, and they scan it for their advertising and AI business, and for security agencies.
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Know Your Enemy - pt 2: Meta

This is the second in a series of blog posts to inform you about the main players in big tech, and why they should be avoided.
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