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[Facebook] Messenger is finally getting end-to-end encryption by default - The Verge (www.theverge.com)
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[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Is it going to be like Whatsapp end-to-end encryption where they just rolled out a 4-digit pincode for "backups" on their servers as the third end?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

It sounds like it, although it looks like it's a 6-digit pin instead from the image in the article.

There's also this additional info directly from Facebook's blog post about all this:

When your chats are upgraded, you will be prompted to set up a recovery method, such as a PIN, so you can restore your messages if you lose, change or add a device.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

WhatsApp is using the Signal protocol for E2EE chats

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Is your issue that it's 4 digits, or something else?