Timeline for Given properly implemented end-to-end encryption with no backdoors, can whatsapp comply to hand over customer messages?
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Mar 27, 2017 at 14:30 | comment | added | Serge Ballesta | @paj28 I'm unsure that the license allows reverse engineering, but I'm sure that I won't do. If I want to securely exchange data, I will rely on well known protocols like MIME encrypted mails, and never waste time to try to guess what is in a closed source protocol! | |
Mar 27, 2017 at 14:06 | comment | added | paj28 | Even though Whatsapp is closed source, people can reverse engineer the binary application to see what it does. | |
Mar 27, 2017 at 12:11 | comment | added | Marcel | This is SPOT ON and exactly answers the OP's question. WhatsApp of course can hand over the messages sent thru them. Decrypting them is something else. | |
Mar 27, 2017 at 11:58 | history | answered | Serge Ballesta | CC BY-SA 3.0 |