In a sensational turn of events in the fight against Chat Control, a majority in the European Parliament voted today to end the untargeted mass scanning of private communications. In doing so, the Parliament firmly rejected the error-prone and unconstitutional surveillance practices of recent years.
Around 99% of all chat reports sent to police in Europe come from a single US corporation: Meta. US tech giants are acting as private auxiliary police forces—without any effective European oversight.
Thats very interesting. Assuming that whatsapp is actually e2ee that means instagram, facebook and threads account for 99% of all chat reports. That means all dms on there have been getting scanned. Sounds like people should leave those platforms.
Thats very interesting. Assuming that whatsapp is actually e2ee that means instagram, facebook and threads account for 99% of all chat reports. That means all dms on there have been getting scanned. Sounds like people should leave those platforms.
Not true for WhatsApp. It has a report function that forwards the last 5 messages in the conversation to Meta when used.
Could it be that the client (who has the keys to decrypt the message) just forwards those messages when the report is sent?
Yes, that’s exactly how it works.
Didnt know that, i think i havent used it for over a decade.
Or maybe people are mislead by (and putting to much trust in) the term “end-to-end encryption”
Sure its encrypted in transit between you and the person you’re exchanging messages with.
But that doesnt mean the Whatsapp app itself isnt scanning your chats on the phone.
Yep. Ugh, garbage companies!