• RobotToaster@mander.xyz
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    9 months ago

    Doesn’t instagram claim messages are e2e encrypted? How can this work without them having access to all messages?

    • Star@sopuli.xyz
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      9 months ago

      They aren’t E2EE by default. You have to enable it manually.

    • catloaf@lemm.ee
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      9 months ago

      End to end is exactly what it says. It’s decrypted at both ends.

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        9 months ago

        E2E encryption means only the sender and recipient should be able to access a message.

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          9 months ago

          Yes, but it’s very hard/impossible to verify if something is e2e or just encrypted. Personally I wouldn’t be surprised if meta had access to the encryption keys

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            9 months ago

            Yeah, that’s why the comment you initially replied to cast doubt on whether the chats are actually E2E encrypted.