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timmclean on Feb 17, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: “RNG broken for last 4 months”

It shouldn't affect end-to-end encryption, because those keys should only be generated at the endpoints (i.e. the users' devices, probably not running FreeBSD). It could affect TLS, etc, however.

kibibu on Feb 17, 2015 [–]

> should only be generated

Theoretically, WhatsApp could generate the keys and forward them to clients, and you could still plausibly call it "End to End"

timmclean on Feb 17, 2015 | [–]

oh god, hopefully not

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