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WhatsApp Encrypts End-to-End in Latest Version

posted by cmn32480 on Tuesday April 05 2016, @11:17PM   Printer-friendly
from the what-about-beginning-to-beginning dept.

Max Hyre writes:

The title pretty much says it all. According to the report:

the service will encrypt all messages, phone calls, photos, and videos moving among [the devices].

Moxie Marlinspike is involved, so they have a chance of getting it right, and no one, even WhatsApp, will be able to know what you”re saying, texting, viewing, &c. (Unless, of course, your widget is running malware, or the opposition can get their mitts on it.)-: They claim this is available on nearly a billion devices—this is a really big deal.

takyon: Alternate links with no Wired paywall: TechCrunch, Washington Post, CNET, Reuters.

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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by JNCF on Tuesday April 05 2016, @11:35PM

    by JNCF (4317) on Tuesday April 05 2016, @11:35PM (#327851) Journal

    (Unless, of course, your widget is running malware, or the opposition can get their mitts on it.)-:

    I know this makes me a jerk [soylentnews.org], but you just ended those parentheses with a sadface. I think you meant to use a parenthesis instead. It's a common miatake, they look very similar.

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  • (Score: 4, Funny) by c0lo on Tuesday April 05 2016, @11:43PM

    by c0lo (156) on Tuesday April 05 2016, @11:43PM (#327854) Journal

    I know this makes me a jerk, but you just ended those parentheses with a sadface. I think you meant to use a parenthesis instead. It's a common miatake, they look very similar.

    Good news: you can give a TED talk about it; bad news: only once [xkcd.com].

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 06 2016, @12:11AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 06 2016, @12:11AM (#327862)

    (Unless, of course, your widget is running malware, or the opposition can get their mitts on it.)☹—:

    Better?

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 06 2016, @01:37AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 06 2016, @01:37AM (#327885)

      now it looks like a sad horseface

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 06 2016, @04:55AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 06 2016, @04:55AM (#327929)

        The "fixed" one is a full stop, close paren, sad face emoji, em dash, and colon. It seemed like a good idea at the time.