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EU parliament votes against scanning of private chats (www.patrick-breyer.de)

submitted 1 day ago by mattyroses@lemmy.today to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Coleslaw4145@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Or maybe people are mislead by (and putting to much trust in) the term "end-to-end encryption"

Sure its encrypted in transit between you and the person you're exchanging messages with.

But that doesnt mean the Whatsapp app itself isnt scanning your chats on the phone.