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-- HEADSUP: BAD CRYPTOGRAPHY-JOURNALISM AHOY! --
@VICE @motherboard in Germany is spreading a lie that @facebook @messenger end-to-end encrypted "secret conversations" can be decrypted; because the author @ok_but_why does not know what an HMAC is …
@VICE @motherboard in Germany is spreading a lie that @facebook @messenger end-to-end encrypted "secret conversations" can be decrypted; because the author @ok_but_why does not know what an HMAC is …
The piece runs thusly (via Google Translate) - and it conflates the abuse-reporting mechanism with the "Franking" mechanism that "Secret Conversations" uses, and which (a) @matthew_d_green helped design and (b) is fully documented.
I know, because I led the project. #lol
I know, because I led the project. #lol
The Franking mechanism is designed to support abuse-reporting: if Alice receives abusive material (eg: unwanted dick-pics) then she may want to report them to Facebook... but (given the nature of E2E) how can we trust Alice not to make a bogus report to incriminate Bob? 
