A revived EU proposal backed by 19 member states could force apps like WhatsApp and Signal to scan encrypted messages, raising alarm over privacy and surveillance.
The security of E2E relies on the endpoints. Meta owns the closed source endpoints so if they want access, there is nothing you can do (remember client-side scanning?). The moderation functionality in Whatsapp already breaks E2E. That feature thankfully doesn’t exist in Signal.
Also I’m surprised no one ever mentions metadata. That is absolutely not private with WA, and it’s a gold mine for Meta.
The security of E2E relies on the endpoints. Meta owns the closed source endpoints so if they want access, there is nothing you can do (remember client-side scanning?). The moderation functionality in Whatsapp already breaks E2E. That feature thankfully doesn’t exist in Signal.
Also I’m surprised no one ever mentions metadata. That is absolutely not private with WA, and it’s a gold mine for Meta.