True E2E Encryption would also mean the platform(FB, Telegram, Google, Apple, etc.) also can not read the messages and thus the law enforcement can not force them to reveal what a user said because it would be impossible for them to know.
I'm starting to wonder if this is a smokescreen. Eventually give in to E2E because you know you have got app store signing keys for the apps so you can upload a patched one with backdoors.
It also totally changes how government has to force Facebook into giving them something. They can't just request access to some server anymore.
The main way to defeat a state is to make mass survailance difficult enough that it doesn't scale well.
> I'm starting to wonder if this is a smokescreen. Eventually give in to E2E because you know you have got app store signing keys for the apps so you can upload a patched one with backdoors.
Is there no way to prevent auto-updating of apps? If the app blocks access barring upgrade it may be suspicious. Though I guess the upgrade would probably be veiled in new features.
Users should have to power to decide when and if to update. If their old version causes them technical problems or exposes them to security issues that is their business. Software can (and often should) offer auto-updates to make things easier for most users but it should respect a user's choice not to update. Especially when updates often introduce anti-features and/or disable existing features.
You and whoever you are messaging of course.