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		intricatedetail on Jan 11, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: WhatsApp displays 404 not found when I send a link... How do you know whatsapp is e2e encrypted and there is no mitm going?

ikeboy on Jan 11, 2021 [–]

The same way I know that signal is - trust in the various groups that have incentives to set up encryption correctly and to break it if set up incorrectly.

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