*gasp* Facebook weakened WhatsApp encryption so they could open it up for businesses by selling user data and making a profit
Oh wait, no. That’s not surprising at all
With less resistance from people who care, I assume they will end up doing it.
@feld Second to last paragraph and the one before have these two worrying sentences that make me believe the execs won out:
"Facebook executives wanted to make it easier for businesses to use its tools, and WhatsApp executives believed that doing so would require some weakening of its encryption.
Ultimately, Koum was worn down by the differences in approach"
To me that feels like a tacit admission that encryption is already weakened
@feld I hope so. Honestly, it's hard for these kinds of projects to go anywhere without any kind of major funding. Besides, I think it was just a handful of people behind OWS
