Facebook says WhatsApp protects your privacy. But that’s misleading. There’s a backdoor. NEW @peterelkind, @jackgillum & @CraigSilverman:https://www.propublica.org/article/how-facebook-undermines-privacy-protections-for-its-2-billion-whatsapp-users …
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Replying to @eisingerj @peterelkind and
That is... not a backdoor. I don't know what you'd like them to do with messages *reported* by the recipients as abusive or worse dangerous or child abuse? Not having an option to report is worse, and once reported, the question is how well do they moderate, not whether.
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Replying to @zeynep @eisingerj and
Yes to reporting on the seedy underbelly of "moderation" but this framing is misleading. From what you report, WhatsApp is not breaking encryption or creating a backdoor. Recipients have access, of course, to messages *sent* to them and app allows *only* those to be reported.
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You don't think there should be a way for a recipient who has been sent a message to report it? In some ways, that would be easier for WhatsApp but worse for us. To me, this is like trying to punish them for that one case where they took on an extra step they could have avoided.
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