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A federal agent said WhatsApp's encryption is a lie. Then the investigation was shut down (www.techspot.com)

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A 10-month Commerce Department probe concluded Meta could view all WhatsApp messages in unencrypted form

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[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (1 child)

In what world do you live where billionsires face actual consequences?

Worst case scenario, Meta pays a small fine, and doesn't even blink. The day just goes on.

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[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 2 points 6 months ago

I mean yeah, but they'd usually not pay even a small fine (or pay for legal proceedings), so it's a lot more efficient to use conveniently placed loopholes.

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