WhatsApp is using Signals protocol for communication: signal.org/blog/whatsapp-complete/
I don’t fully understand what it entails, but from what I understand is that yes, WhatsApp is using the same encryption and message flow that signal uses, but you’re still using Meta’s app, and they can just read the plaintext message from there.
Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Unless proof is given, assume troll
REDACTED@infosec.pub 2 weeks ago
Read the article? An app using signal does not imply that your data is still encrypted from corporations or government. Your neighbour joe is not very likely to break already established SSL, so using signal feels like someone is trying to sell me a bridge. Sense of false security.