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A federal agent said WhatsApp's encryption is a lie. Then the investigation was shut down (www.techspot.com)

submitted 3 days ago by alapakala@quokk.au to c/technology@midwest.social

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A 10-month Commerce Department probe concluded Meta could view all WhatsApp messages in unencrypted form

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[–] scuppie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 3 days ago

I never really understood why it couldn't be accessed. It has to be decrypted on the device for the user to view and with all the other data meta scoops up from our phones why not the content too?

And that was before they stuck their AI into it. How is that not a channel out?

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