> In fact, I'd be surprised if they hadn't granted themselves some special capabilities with regards to the content of the communications. Touting their end-to-end encryption has enticed many people to trust the product, sometimes with strong conviction, while giving themselves a monopoly on access to communication perceived as secure by the end users.
It reminds me of this PR puff piece[1] by Google, banging on about how secure their data centre was, the limited access by employees, the amazing information security team, the underfloor lasers to detect intruders, etc. while totally ignoring the elephant in the room, i.e. NSA backdoors which Google is forced to comply with and can't reveal publicly when they do so.
It reminds me of this PR puff piece[1] by Google, banging on about how secure their data centre was, the limited access by employees, the amazing information security team, the underfloor lasers to detect intruders, etc. while totally ignoring the elephant in the room, i.e. NSA backdoors which Google is forced to comply with and can't reveal publicly when they do so.
[1]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZmGGAbHqa0