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Facebook has open-sourced encrypted group chat

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Re: No Thanks

Then why publish it open-source on Github? Any backdoor Facebook would want to include would have to be included in that code, wouldn't it, meaning they could be found out and pretty easily, too?

1 - origin and motives. As it's Facebook, suspect by default given how they make their money.

2 - who is going to review it?

3 - why do we need this? Plenty of alternatives.

4 - ever heard of the Obfuscated C contest?

5 - is that really all the functionality? What about downloading address books in full? Has that been fixed?

Anyway, that's just a short list to start with. I'm sure others will add many more.

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