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The private keys

Story: Facebook starts testing end-to-end encryption in Messenger Total Replies: 0
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dotmatrix

Jul 09, 2016
9:24 PM EDT
Here is a more complete description of Facebook's end-to-end:

PDF

https://fbnewsroomus.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/secret_conversations_whitepaper-1.pdf

The documentation indicates the private keys are generated on each mobile device... So, if your device is compromised, your key is compromised.

It would be nice if end-to-end allowed external private keys via NFC smart cards.

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