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Meta Is Being Sued Over Whether WhatsApp Really Encrypts Your Messages (lifehacker.com)

submitted 2 months ago by Blaze@piefed.zip to c/privacy@programming.dev

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An international group of plaintiffs is suing Meta, alleging that WhatsApp's end-to-end encryption isn't actually private. Lawyers are asking the court to certify a class-action.

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[–] fonix232@fedia.io 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yep. E2EE is only worth anything if you trust the client on both ends. Meta, being in control of the WhatsApp app (aka the client) thus can access the message contents even if there's full E2EE, simply by scanning it after decryption.

[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The word Trust and Meta appearing anywhere visible at the same time should be against the law.

I'll take my fine.