Messenger is finally getting end-to-end encryption by default
www.theverge.com
The switch to default has been in the works for a long time.
  • Kusimulkku@lemm.eeEnglish
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    11 months ago

    End to end doesn’t necessarily mean that the middle can’t read it, it just means strangers listening can’t read it.

    I thought it meant nobody between the two ends can read it.

      • Kusimulkku@lemm.eeEnglish
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        11 months ago

        True end to end is where you and your partner have keys and you both encrypt on the client side, and don’t tell the middle man. That way no malicious intent from the server could ever decrypt the actual message.

        That’s how the Signal protocol they’re using is working

              • Kusimulkku@lemm.eeEnglish
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                11 months ago

                You seem confused. E2EE doesn’t mean peer-to-peer. Signal protocol isn’t peer-to-peer. You don’t need to be peer-to-peer to have secure communication because E2EE makes it so that the server can’t read what the two ends are writing.

                  • Kusimulkku@lemm.eeEnglish
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                    11 months ago

                    We know they certainly implemented it at one point. So it’s not a big ask to do that for Messenger. And like someone said, would probably benefit them too since don’t have to give info they don’t have. But with it being closed source, it can’t be verified if they’re using it now.