Justice Dept wants to force WhatsApp to add back door

[about_average]

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/13/us/politics/whatsapp-encryption-said-to-stymie-wiretap-order.html

No decision has been made, but a court fight with WhatsApp, the world’s largest mobile messaging service, would open a new front in the Obama administration’s dispute with Silicon Valley over encryption, security and privacy.
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In a twist, the government helped develop the technology behind WhatsApp’s encryption. To promote civil rights in countries with repressive governments, the Open Technology Fund, which promotes open societies by supporting technology that allows people to communicate without the fear of surveillance, provided $2.2 million to help develop Open Whisper Systems, the encryption backbone behind WhatsApp.

 

[nerfhearder]

For a while they were about as secure as a screen door on a submarine but it's a good app now if you want encryption.
Last I knew Facebook owned them so while it may be encrypted it's still related to the biggest privacy joke on the internet. If I were plotting a mass murder (which I'm probably not) I wouldn't use it.

 

[Lancecastor]

This is excellent. Fuck the government!