• smeg
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    7 months ago

    Facebook messenger has never claimed to be e2e encrypted

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      7 months ago

      “Facebook Messenger offers end-to-end encryption, meaning chats between two users will be visible only on users’ phones and aren’t readable by Facebook or any government entity that makes a legal request to the company. But the option is available only to people using the Messenger app on mobile devices, and messages are encrypted only after users select the option to mark chats as “secret.””

      From their linked article.

      It’s insane to only have E2EE as an opt in feature.

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        7 months ago

        I guess it’s because they added it later so they can claim to have it while still being able to datamine the average user. Not that insane given that it’s Facebook. I’d say what’s insane is that’s the same as what Telegram does and some people think that’s secure!

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        7 months ago

        The comment I replied to wasn’t

        Fbook Messenger, which is also supposed to be E2EE