Sahwa@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 25 days agoA federal agent said WhatsApp's encryption is a lie. Then the investigation was shut downwww.techspot.comexternal-linkmessage-square108fedilinkarrow-up1836file-textcross-posted to: privacy@programming.dev
arrow-up1836external-linkA federal agent said WhatsApp's encryption is a lie. Then the investigation was shut downwww.techspot.comSahwa@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 25 days agomessage-square108fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: privacy@programming.dev
A 10-month Commerce Department probe concluded Meta could view all WhatsApp messages in unencrypted form
minus-squareRailcar8095@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·25 days agoThat’s not the phones fault, but how WhatsApp works
minus-squarezergtoshi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·25 days agoHow is a phone not compromised if it hosts apps that play into the hands of evil actors?
minus-squareRailcar8095@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·25 days agoI undersrstand my threat model and how to limit exposure.
minus-squareWhyJiffie@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·25 days agoit is not, unless the app can exfiltrate data from other apps
That’s not the phones fault, but how WhatsApp works
How is a phone not compromised if it hosts apps that play into the hands of evil actors?
I undersrstand my threat model and how to limit exposure.
it is not, unless the app can exfiltrate data from other apps