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		parliament32 on Jan 8, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: WhatsApp whitepaper removed sentence about never h... The app can still provide end-to-end encryption while simultaneously piping your private keys direct to FB. They're not really related.

slashdev on Jan 8, 2021 [–]

Of course it's related. To do that undermines the entire point of end to end encryption. It's a strong allegation with no evidence to support it.

It would also completely invalidate their "we don't have the keys" defence to law enforcement requests.

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