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FAQ regarding #noplacetohide — Given that @WhatsApp, @SignalApp & others all have #endtoendencryption, then why is @ukhomeoffice so upset about @Messenger adopting #E2EE ?

2022-01-18 13:03:03+00:00

Answer

The goal is to make an example of Facebook in order to put a brake on other applications deploying E2EE at scale; if Messenger has robust end-to-end encryption then the feature practically becomes an obligatory tickbox for all other and future messenger applications to adopt.

This will represent a loss of capability for state and police surveillance.

If they can stop the “mainstream” applications from becoming secure, then anyone who downloads an actually-secure messenger app to their phone will flag themselves as “interesting”.

For more discussion in this vein, see this previous blog posting:
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