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Facebook Enables Messenger End-to-End Encryption by Default

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It’s happened. Details here, and tech details here (for messages in transit) and here (for messages in storage)

Rollout to everyone will take months, but it’s a good day for both privacy and security.

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Tags: cybersecurity, encryption, Facebook, Meta

Posted on December 11, 2023 at 7:10 AM78 Comments

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emily’s post December 13, 2023 9:17 AM

Re: E2E, Clive’s points about endpoints, Signal et all, Dieu est dans les détails etc.

The comments by the eminent hardware maven subject of this wiki article [1] seem apposite.

“ Wu has additionally warned that the Signal encrypted messaging app is vulnerable, due to implementation problems and reliance on third-party keyboard apps that may not respect privacy.”

  1. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naomi_Wu

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