WhatsApp assures users that no one can see their messages — but the company has an extensive monitoring operation and regularly shares personal information with prosecutors.
Well, in my opinion, it kind of does, since it doesn’t notify the user that their messages are being forwarded.
company officials confirmed they do turn on such tracking at their own discretion — even for internal Facebook leak investigations
Oh, I’m sure, that never caused any problems in the past. Just like it never caused problems at other companies like Apple or three letter agencies like the NSA.
Well, in my opinion, it kind of does, since it doesn’t notify the user that their messages are being forwarded.
That’s more than Signal does. This is not a typical feature; I can’t think of an end-to-end encrypted messenger that does do this. If you want to make this argument, all end-to-end-encrypted messengers must be broken because the person who receives the message can then send it to anyone else without your knowledge, or take a photo. It’s trivial.
well it seems like they track the unencrypted metadata and share it with law enforcement. i wouldn’t necessarily consider this breaking end to end encryption…
there is a separate issue with the “reporting” feature where the other end can voluntarily send your (decrypted) messages to facebook for content moderation. i dont think the article claimed that decrypted messages were being automatically sent…
Well, in my opinion, it kind of does, since it doesn’t notify the user that their messages are being forwarded.
Oh, I’m sure, that never caused any problems in the past. Just like it never caused problems at other companies like Apple or three letter agencies like the NSA.
That’s more than Signal does. This is not a typical feature; I can’t think of an end-to-end encrypted messenger that does do this. If you want to make this argument, all end-to-end-encrypted messengers must be broken because the person who receives the message can then send it to anyone else without your knowledge, or take a photo. It’s trivial.
The thing is that this can be triggered externally. It’s not the user forwarding to another user, it’s the company having a spy feature built in.
well it seems like they track the unencrypted metadata and share it with law enforcement. i wouldn’t necessarily consider this breaking end to end encryption…
there is a separate issue with the “reporting” feature where the other end can voluntarily send your (decrypted) messages to facebook for content moderation. i dont think the article claimed that decrypted messages were being automatically sent…