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WhatsApp Chats Will Soon Work With Other Encrypted Messaging Apps (www.wired.com)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by lemmyreader@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Got it from here : https://infosec.exchange/@mattburgess/111885761552024420

NEW: WhatsApp will soon make it possible to chat with people who use other messaging apps. It's revealed some more details on how that will work.

— Apps will need to sign an agreement with Meta, then connect to its servers.

— Meta wants people to use the Signal Protocol, but also says other encryption protocols can be used if they can meet WhatsApp's standards

— WhatsApp has been testing with Matrix in recent months, although nothing is agreed yet. Swiss app Threema says it won't become interoperable

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[–] starman@programming.dev 11 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

So if Meta <-> Signal interoperability gets implemented and I have a hypothetical group chat with 5 Signal users and 1 WhatsApp/Messenger user, all the messages would be sent to Meta? I don't like it

[–] MeanEYE@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Simple solution to that is not to add people. Am assuming should that happen Signal will add highlight of sorts to warn about users from other networks.

[–] jdaxe@infosec.pub 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Does that matter if it's end-to-end encrypted?

[–] starman@programming.dev 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

How do I know that WhatsApp isn't performing client-side scanning of messages? Meta has been doing it before, on Messenger