frox<p>The <a href="https://tooting.ch/tags/encryption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>encryption</span></a> topic in <a href="https://tooting.ch/tags/InstantMesaging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InstantMesaging</span></a> is popular again recently. As usual there's a lot of misunderstanding and little discussion of a <a href="https://tooting.ch/tags/ThreatModel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThreatModel</span></a> when giving recommendations.<br>If the private key is backed up with Apple or Google from your phone, then your messages may as well not be encrypted 🙈 I've again seen this indirectly with contacts changing phones and their keys are the same as on their old device. Due to automatic backups I guess.<br>Doesn't matter if it's <a href="https://tooting.ch/tags/WhatsApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhatsApp</span></a>, <a href="https://tooting.ch/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Signal</span></a> or <a href="https://tooting.ch/tags/XMPP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>XMPP</span></a></p>