• Rikudou_Sage@lemmings.world
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    1 year ago

    > actually encrypted

    Last time I checked (which has been a while admittedly) they used their central server for key exchange, meaning the whole encryption is compromised.

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      1 year ago

      I know it was bullshit when it first launched, but they completely rebuilt the message protocol later on. Shit, now you’ve got me worried, time to do research.

      Edit: Nah, it looks like it uses a perfectly valid key exchange algorithm. Maybe it goes via a WhatsApp server, but you shouldn’t care because the algorithm is interception-proof.