cross-posted from : https://lemmy.zip/post/71321898
Netzpoltik details that police are able to gain access in this way either through physical access to someone’s phone or by intercepting verification codes via a state-sanctioned phishing attack or intercepting SMS messages via telephone surveillance
Telegram has shitty 1-to-1 encryption but no group encryption.
WhatsApp claims to use the same encryption algorithms as Signal, but you can’t audit it.