misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 hours agoWhatsApp is making a massive change to the way it saves your contactswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up123arrow-down12
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minus-squareLojcslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 hours agoIs that really how it works? I thought signal protocol was about just how the encryption worked, not what is encrypted?
minus-squaresunzu2@thebrainbin.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 hours agoI am not following this. Content of msg is encrypted and everything within but signal server knows when you talk to your girl becuase the server has to route it. So anytime you initiate a chat, they know that yall doing something. This meta data is what the game is all about tho.
minus-squarenoodlejetskilinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·26 minutes agoand yet the only thing they provide upon a court request is the last time you were online and the date you created your account https://signal.org/bigbrother/
Is that really how it works? I thought signal protocol was about just how the encryption worked, not what is encrypted?
I am not following this.
Content of msg is encrypted and everything within but signal server knows when you talk to your girl becuase the server has to route it.
So anytime you initiate a chat, they know that yall doing something.
This meta data is what the game is all about tho.
and yet the only thing they provide upon a court request is the last time you were online and the date you created your account https://signal.org/bigbrother/