[higherpurpose]

Legally, if they indeed enabled E2E, the government shouldn't be able to force them to disclose the data. CALEA says you should decrypt the data for the government only if you have the keys. But with Axolotl E2E encryption, they're not supposed to have them.

Of course the government will try to threaten them with NSLs or tax audits or whatever, and Whatsapp could cave, but the law should be on their side.

But before we get there they actually have to put it in their privacy policy that they are doing that, so then they can show the judge later that they've legally committed to a certain level of privacy for their users.

[mSparks]

it's not a case of threatening anyone.

they just pay them to include the additional primes in the public key system. users are still more or less secure. not just whatsapp. pretty much all the public key systems use it. it's still effectively 1024 bit plus keys for everyone but the nsa and ghcq.

latest snowdon leaks include everything you need for confirmation now you know what to look for.