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by Spivak 2263 days ago
Devil's advocate: if I take any e2e chat system and escrow the keys from the clients to my server is it still e2e?
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I'm not sure what escrow means in this context. But if the server has the keys, I would say no, it's not e2e.

This aligns with the definition on Wikipedia too

> it prevents potential eavesdroppers – including telecom providers, Internet providers, and even the provider of the communication service – from being able to access the cryptographic keys needed to decrypt the conversation.