This is an article written by telegram’s founder and CEO Pavel Durov in 2019 on “Why whatsapp will never be secure”. Your thoughts?

  • beta_tester@lemmy.ml
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    10 months ago

    He writes as if signal’s devs would have to be quiet about whatsapps encryption

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    Last year, the founders of WhatsApp left the company due to concerns over users’ privacy [16]. They are surely tied by either gag orders or NDAs, so are unable to discuss backdoors publicly without risking their fortunes and freedom. They were able to admit, however, that “they sold their users’ privacy” [17].

    Yet signal published multiple posts about how secure whatsapp is. I don’t buy it but it’s not like they would be quiet. (They=moxie) https://signal.org/blog/there-is-no-whatsapp-backdoor/ https://signal.org/blog/whatsapp-complete/

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      10 months ago

      I believe Moxie helped them integrate Signal protocol into WA successfully while preserving user integrity and privacy.

      However, it wouldnt be out of the realm for them to make modifications to their custom protocol that Moxie helped design, and turn it into a privacy nightmare after the fact.