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smudgymcscmudge
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Facebook, WhatsApp Will Have to Share Messages Wit...
Did you notice the article doesn't say anything about decrypting the messages? It just says they have to turn over encrypted messages.
squarefoot
on Sept 28, 2019
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The question should be why on Earth would they ask access to encrypted messages if they couldn't already decrypt them, or be able to do that soon.
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You can infer a lot of information from the metadata, like the volume and timing of messages.
IshKebab
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They're after the metadata. Who contacted who, and how often.
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