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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Signal is encryption protocol, for messaging WhatsApp uses locked down XMPP.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

So they only ended up implementing encryption-related parts of the protocol+server combo, like e.g Double-Ratchet or X3DH?