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   Salvador Mirzo to Scott Dorsey   
   Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope    
   20 Feb 25 23:22:53   
   
   From: smirzo@example.com   
      
   kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) writes:   
      
   > Sn!pe  wrote:   
   >>Salvador Mirzo  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> Can't Signal eventually be bought off?   
   >>   
   >>They claim that it's end-to-end encrypted but whatever, it has   
   >>Whatsapp's functionality without being Meta and that's good   
   >>enough for me.   
   >   
   > Signal does the encryption within the app, much like PGP.  So if Signal were   
   > to compromise the app, it could be sniffed.   
      
   What about Whatsapp?  Isn't it like that too?   
      
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