▲ 411 ▼ German police read Signal, Telegram, WhatsApp messages without breaking encryption (cybernews.com) submitted 3 weeks ago* by schizoidman@lemmy.zip to c/technology@lemmy.world 139 comments fedilink hide all child comments cross-posted from : https://lemmy.zip/post/71321898 Netzpoltik details that police are able to gain access in this way either through physical access to someone’s phone or by intercepting verification codes via a state-sanctioned phishing attack or intercepting SMS messages via telephone surveillance
[–] anon_8675309@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (3 children) WhatsApp is owned by meta permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Greenusb@feddit.org 1 point 3 weeks ago (2 children) Signal protocol is end to end encrypted permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] anon_8675309@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 child) Yes. How does that happen? You open the app you type a message you hit send. In that process WhatsApp has access to your clear text message that they get from the keyboard. They can do whatever they want with that. They could encrypt your message with your key and also one of their keys. They could send those together so that they look like one message but at their servers split their copy off. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Greenusb@feddit.org 1 point 3 weeks ago Damn permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Greenusb@feddit.org 1 point 3 weeks ago (2 children) Signal protocol is end to end encrypted permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] anon_8675309@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 child) Yes. How does that happen? You open the app you type a message you hit send. In that process WhatsApp has access to your clear text message that they get from the keyboard. They can do whatever they want with that. They could encrypt your message with your key and also one of their keys. They could send those together so that they look like one message but at their servers split their copy off. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Greenusb@feddit.org 1 point 3 weeks ago Damn permalink fedilink source parent
[–] anon_8675309@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 child) Yes. How does that happen? You open the app you type a message you hit send. In that process WhatsApp has access to your clear text message that they get from the keyboard. They can do whatever they want with that. They could encrypt your message with your key and also one of their keys. They could send those together so that they look like one message but at their servers split their copy off. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Greenusb@feddit.org 1 point 3 weeks ago Damn permalink fedilink source parent