• baseless_discourse@mander.xyz
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    10 months ago

    E2E do not prevent client side blocking. Whatsapp app can get image that it needs to block from a remote, then check the recieved message against the image it needs to block; then block the image when it needs to.

    Obviously not trying to justify their behavior, but it us very important to know that E2EE is not a elixir for privacy and security.

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      10 months ago

      Right, the mantra needs to be end-to-end encryption, plus open source. For full user agency.

      If it’s closed source the agent doesn’t have to operate on your behalf.