• 0Empty0@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    That’s interesting. So what would the appropriate response for Meta be when they are officially served a warrant?

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOP
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      1 year ago

      It shouldn’t be possible for Meta to hand over the data. There should be a wall of privacy between Meta and its users private messages. The company I work for doesn’t even have access to customer accounts without the customer’s permission.

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        1 year ago

        I appreciate you actually answering the question instead of just being a fucking douche

      • DocMcStuffin@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Technically, unless that data is encrypted with only the end user having access to the key or is being held/mediated by a third party, they do have access. It’s only company policy that’s preventing access, and a court can shred that policy with a court order on a case by case basis. Same goes for the third party. The end user has to be the only one with the key.

      • Steeve@lemmy.ca
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        1 year ago

        It’s because Signal is end to end encrypted. Same is true for WhatsApp and that’s a Meta product, they can’t hand over messages even if they wanted to.

        Messenger is adding E2EE as well.