WhatsApp Just Switched on Encryption for a Billion People

Post by Nekit1234007 » Tue, Apr 05, 2016, 7:52 PM UTC

alias240 wrote: post #60

Nekit1234007 wrote: post #50

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Telegram received quite a backlash from crypto community for rolling out nonsensical throw-a-bunch-of-crypto-algorithms-together homebrew protocol that was designed by Math PhD™ students and having an audacity of conducting a contest to break it. This OTOH uses peer reviewed, strong, modern crypto that was designed by people who know how to do these things.

The crypto might be superior, but we do not know for sure that Whatsapp/Facebook is not covertly decrypting the messages and funneling through some Prism v2 NSA surveillance operation.

Post by [deleted] » Tue, Apr 05, 2016, 8:35 PM UTC

dang wrote: post #62

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11431108

Post by wcummings » Wed, Apr 06, 2016, 2:43 PM UTC

wcummings wrote: post #23

M4v3R wrote: post #21

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At least on smartphones yes, you can (by tapping on persons name during chat, and then selecting "Encryption").

I meant on S40.