jim, 5 months ago

As #Meta announce #e2ee messaging on FB, an Apple engineer explains why encryption matters to cloud based services including #Facebook: basically, they inherently “favor attackers”:

“when it comes to security, centralized data repositories disproportionately favor attackers. The one-time breach of a company or service lets criminals steal the personal data for many—or all—of its users at once”

https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/personal-data-in-the-cloud-is-under-siege.-end-to-end-encryption-is-our-most-powerful-defense