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		the_duke on Jan 13, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: WhatsApp backdoor allows snooping on encrypted mes... Well, if anyone is surprised by this... you really should'nt have been. I still use it. Lock in effect. But I never would have trusted their encryption nearly enough to send anything sensitive.

lucb1e on Jan 13, 2017 [–]

If only sensitive stuff is encrypted, encryption becomes suspicious.

Add "you don't have something to hide, right?" to using encryption for sensitive stuff and you got a 1984 sequel where encryption is banned or must contain backdoors.

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