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2026-06-30 14:20 UTC

@pcy@icosahedron.website Interesting.. thanks. They wouldn't even have to do *much* analysis for it to be useful. Given the scale at which they operate, even "brand X was mentioned 10% more today in chats in small geographic region Y" would be incredibly valuable information to the right (or wrong.. I guess) people.

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@tiraniddo@infosec.exchange 2026-06-30 16:22

@evilpaul_atebit@icosahedron.website @pcy@icosahedron.website the quote is clearly disingenuous, not just for their ability to modify the client itself (if it was open source and inspectable, like Signal for example they could make a better claim) but also just because something is encrypted doesn't mean it's inaccessible when you control the platform. I'm pretty sure that at least iMessage has the ability to hold multiple "escrow" keys that all messages are encrypted to, which is transparent to the user and so could be deployed surreptitiously. I'd be shocked if WhatsApp doesn't have something similar. Of course whether they're doing it, is another matter. The risk might be too great, but this is Meta who've not shown much scruples in the past.

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