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Comment by pxc

3 hours ago

They make the app that stores the plaintext at each end... they don't need to decrypt your messages across the wire to read them.

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thecaspercraft  2 hours ago

Ah I understand now, thank you. So they can actually read it just not in transit but from the app, isn't that a security violation?

  • cadamsdotcom  1 hour ago

    A what violation?

    I kid. But only sorta.

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