X is now offering me end-to-end encrypted chat — you probably shouldn’t trust it yet
X’s new encrypted messaging feature, XChat, has some red flags.
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Google says UK government has not demanded an encryption backdoor for its users’ data
Google refused to tell a U.S. senator whether the company had received a secret U.K. surveillance order demanding access to encrypted data, similar to an order served on Apple earlier this year.
Google won’t say if UK secretly demanded a backdoor for user data
Google said it has “never built a backdoor” for its services, but refused to rule out that it had received a secret U.K. surveillance order demanding access to encrypted data.
Jack Dorsey says his ‘secure’ new Bitchat app has not been tested for security
Dorsey admitted that his new messaging app had not been reviewed or tested for security issues prior to its launch.