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sneak
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WhatsApp – Security of End-to-End Encrypted Backup...
Doesn't matter; everyone else you talk to on WhatsApp is uploading those same conversations to Apple and Google effectively unencrypted.
baby
on Sept 10, 2021
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I mean that's the problem of any protocol in general. Your opsec can be great, but if it relies on someone else's opsec...
reginold
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What do you do instead? Replies like this I may mistakenly interpret as "doesn't matter, so I'll do nothing about it" which is just an excuse.
sneak
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I deleted my Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram accounts, as well as iMessage/iCloud (same issue, unencrypted backups).
I am only reachable via email and Signal. I got my contacts to switch to Signal.
blackoil
on Sept 11, 2021
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How does that solve the problem you mentioned? People on other side still may not be careful with mail/signal data privacy.
approxim8ion
on Sept 11, 2021
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Mail is beyond redemption, but Signal for example only offers encrypted local backups and no cloud backups.
quaintdev
on Sept 10, 2021
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And that is why I dont use WhatsApp. Self hosted matrix is super awesome.
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