Comment on Lawsuit Alleges That WhatsApp Has No End-to-End Encryption

• just_another_person@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Well they did this whole stupid “rebranding” of it becoming e2e after Facebook bought them a few years back, but literally every security researchers was like “Nahhhh, pass”.

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  • Pika@sh.itjust.works ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    considering that you can decrypt facebook e2e encryption with a 4 digit security pin… yea Facebook at least has the private keys backed up server side.

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    • just_another_person@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I don’t use any Meta products, so not sure how you mean. If you are a user that has been sending e2e messages, then you can surely decrypt said messages if you’re a participant in those messages transactions.

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      • Pika@sh.itjust.works ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        So, with facebook if you lose your device, you can register a new device to the account and recover your messages using a 6 digit security pin or a recovery code as long as it was set up prior to losing the device.

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