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We need a better approach to Whatsapp and traceability

March 27, 2019

It’s disingenuous when the Indian government says that they want traceability but “not at the cost of encryption or privacy.”

Traceability is bound to be at the cost of privacy, even if it means getting meta-data. And, when it comes to Whatsapp, traceability is likely to be at the cost of end-to-end encryption, and invariably, the removal of end-to-end encryption means that it is at the cost of privacy. From Medianama

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