Both apply encryption end to end.
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Encryption security features that protect users of digital applications is becoming a hot topic. WhatsApp has announced the latest encryption end to end on their services that protect the privacy of user data. Ensuring end to end encryption of user data can not be arbitrarily intercepted by unauthorized parties.
Before WhatsApp, messaging services are already popular with encryption is the BlackBerry Messenger (BBM). Even the BBM encryption known as the safest in the world.
Observers digital forensics Indonesia, Alam said Ruby encryption systems work WhatsApp and BBM is theoretically more or less the same. Both apply encryption end to end.
"A problem is, (whether) each party withholding or not publish," said the expert to VIVA.co.id was born in Jakarta, on Thursday evening, April 7, 2016.
Ruby explains, for security work on the fuel system, known BlackBerry legally storing user data to six months back. Well, when required by law enforcement, the BlackBerry experience so far always been able to work together.
According to Ruby, in terms of cooperation with law enforcement, BlackBerry is cooperative in revealing conversations of data users. To that end, Ruby argued, WhatsApp also can imitate BlackBerry.
"First, he (WhatsApp) end-to-end encryption, for users in general. But if law enforcement is requested, WhatsApp can still provide data to law enforcement, according to the procedure of origin, to be legal, as it was," he said.
According to BlackBerry center ever dialogue with, a company from Waterloo, Ontario, Canada that reveal they will provide user data to law enforcement anywhere in the world in need. Of note, the data request in accordance with the procedures and rules applicable.
Ruby said in his confession, Canadian law enforcement have become accustomed to the data on fuel. The process of opening the data that it takes several days.
"They are accustomed to opening the data. Even just need three to four days, because they were quite ordinary, every day asking for the data," he said.
Meanwhile, regarding access to encryption, WhatsApp has given a sign that no one can tap or open a data user communication history.
Founder of WhatsApp, Jan Koum and Brian Acton in an announcement on the company's blog wrote, the service carries encrypted on WhatsApp simple idea. That user sends a message, and only certain people can read a personal message or group conversations that have been submitted. Even WhatsApp also asserted could not read its message.
"No one can see the message, not the cyber criminals and not the hacker. Also not oppressive regime, even us as well," they wrote.
Source: viva.co.id
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