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There is no WhatsApp 'backdoor'

Moxie Marlinspike · 13 Jan 2017 · signal.org ↗

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  1. Our reading

    Handling a change of keys is not a backdoor; it is how public-key cryptography works, and interception stays detectable by the sender.

    Their wordsThe fact that WhatsApp handles key changes is not a “backdoor,” it is how cryptography works.
    Interesting

  2. Our reading

    Shipping default end-to-end encryption to more than a billion people is to Facebook’s credit, whatever else it is criticised for.

    Their wordsThere are many things to criticize Facebook for; running a product that deployed end-to-end encryption by default for over a billion people is not one of them.
    Interesting