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   Matthew Green (matthew_d_green@ioc.exchange)'s status on Thursday, 07-Dec-2023 17:15:36 JST Matthew Green

   Meta is launching end-to-end encryption for direct messages on Facebook Messenger and Instagram this week. https://www.wsj.com/tech/meta-to-start-fully-encrypting-messages-on-facebook-and-instagram-a936c4f9

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     HistoPol (#HP) 🥥 🌴 (histopol@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 07-Dec-2023 17:22:04 JST HistoPol (#HP) 🥥 🌴

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     @matthew_d_green

     #Meta protects its "trade secrets:

     "Meta is launching end-to-end encryption for direct messages on Facebook Messenger and Instagram this week..."*

     s/: "...so that only #Meta's #AI models can be trained with its customers private data:

     https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/12/metas-new-ai-image-generator-was-trained-on-1-1-billion-instagram-and-facebook-photos/

     *Meta is launching end-to-end encryption for direct messages on Facebook Messenger and Instagram this week.

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     Matthew Green (matthew_d_green@ioc.exchange)'s status on Friday, 08-Dec-2023 14:39:10 JST Matthew Green

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     I got a chance to play with the new Messenger a little while ago, and it’s remarkable for… basically not being remarkable. It looks exactly like the existing Messenger, but everything is protected using Signal protocol. Supports web and mobile, and just kind of works invisibly.

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     Matthew Green (matthew_d_green@ioc.exchange)'s status on Friday, 08-Dec-2023 14:39:11 JST Matthew Green

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     This is a really big deal. Although the full rollout will take a little while, this isn’t opt-in encryption. It’ll be full end-to-end encryption for billions of users, complete with encrypted backup and disappearing messages built in.