TL;DR

The new system will have state encryption and WhatsApp will no longer be used for communication.

(local source: 1,2)

  • doomkernel
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    6010 months ago

    “We will use Facebook Messenger, which is clearly, the better of the two”

    • @Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz
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      410 months ago

      Why bother with the messenger, when you can just post all the tip-top-secret only-for-your-eyes type of intelligence reports on your FB profile. That way we can be absolutely sure that only you, me, and the rest of the English speaking world will know what’s going on.

    • @vowseh@lemmy.eco.brOP
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      810 months ago

      there were some doubts about it

      Brazilian Bureau of Institutional Security:

      It is not reasonable for the country’s confidential intelligence information to be passed through messaging app from a private company of a foreign nation…

  • @Anonymoose
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    2510 months ago

    Well it had a lock icon. You can’t just make those up!

  • sadreality
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    2210 months ago

    How the fuck did somebody approve this?

    I guess it was secure enough at some point?

  • @QuazarOmega@lemy.lol
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    1010 months ago

    Hmm yes, state “encryption”. Waiting for the day they find out it’s broken and attackers had access to conversations for a few months (being slightly serious, I don’t know what protocol they intend to use that would surpass or equal the Signal protocol, unless it’s a state owned app that they can vet which is based on the same protocol)

  • ihavenopeopleskills
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    09 months ago

    Any intelligence agency who legitimately thought that app was ever secure after simple OSINT techniques reveal otherwise needs to be overhauled from the top down.