I remember reading an article where the government and Google were able to read notifications and record them from every android device. I wonder if Graphene might have patched this problem, and if not, do they have any plans to do so?

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[–] 10 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Lol, FCM sends the CONTENT of messages through Google?? Wtf why do we even have "E2EE" Whatsapp then?

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago

    I've never worked directly with FCM, but that's my understanding of the issue. I don't know about WhatsApp. But it may do the same thing as Signal where the notification is just a wake up call and then the app connects directly to the WhatsApp servers to get the actual message.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago*

    Firebase is a platform/service provided by Google, so it makes sense that the content goes thru Google's servers.

    Also, E2EE in a closed-source app like WhatsApp, run by a nefarious corporation like Meta, was always a joke concept, a marketing ploy at best. People who are truly concerned about their privacy would never touch WhatsApp.

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