How End to End encryption work?

The Backend Engineering Show with Hussein Nasser

English - April 12, 2020 20:49 - 13 minutes - 9.52 MB - ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
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In this video I explain End to End encryption within the context of WhatsApp. I explain how encryption and TLS works then the problem of having a centerlized server decrypting the traffic, I then talk about how end to end encryption (e2e) can help mitgate that and finally I explain the problems with e2e encryption

Classic Encryption Example 1:00
End to end encryption 3:25
Problem with E2E 7:30
- Trust? Fingerprints/CA (QR whatspp)

encryption 00:30

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