Comments by "Jack Burton" (@JackBurton-qp4hc) on "WION" channel.

It's not the Wi-Fi, it was End to End Encryption. It was Snap reading the messages as they are stored plain text when on their servers. Snap are reading all your "private" messages. Think about that the next time you think you are sending a "private" message to your friend, wife, husband, lover etc. Some employee is reading your texts.
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No they can't. It was not the network, it was Snap themselves.
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@VarunSharma-tj2wy While it is E2EE on the network, the messages are stored in plain text on their servers. It is images and videos that are not stored and kept only on the devices. Of course they don't tell you that your "private" text chats are accessible and sent to law enforcement. Do not use them for text messages, it's that simple.
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@tinzz1234 It is likely in the T&Cs when you join Snap. I have not looked, but it'll be in the small print that they can do it.
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@imyounick Get a grip.
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"Security is the most important thing , privacy can go for a toss" In that case can I install CCTV in your property just in case you do something illegal? I mean, YOUR "privacy can go for a toss", right?
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@TJSaw Whoosh! Way to miss the point!
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@Jchi737 End to End Encryption literally means it IS private on Wi-Fi or any other network. Without access to the keys, you can not break the encryption while in transmission across any network and it is not what they did in this case. You don't have access to the keys as they are generated on each device and not stored anywhere. The text messages are encrypted up to the point they get to the Snap servers, they are then stored on the servers unencrypted and Snap have access to them. You clearly don't understand what End to End Encryption is, your transmissions are absolutely uncrackable and private as long as there is no middle-man such as Snap servers.
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@anand.suralkar Speaking from experience? 🙂
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@Vodka_loverr "A situation where hundreds of peoples' lives are at stake and youre concerned about privacy breach" That is a very slippery slope. The same argument could be used to monitor every individual "just in case". How could you possibly object to somebody monitoring all your communication, right? Hundreds of peoples lives could be saved, yes? How about they put cameras in your home, "just in case"?
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The Wi-Fi network is not capable of unencrypting messages, it is the Snap servers that store them in plain text. It was nothing to do with Wi-Fi, you can't crack the encryption.
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@kelvinilla "That means airport WiFi they were connected to must have been able to intercept their plain text messages and triggered an alarm." Nope. The text messages use End to End Encryption, but are stored on Snap servers in plain text as their server is the other "end", nothing to do with the Wi-Fi. The server then forwards it, encrypted, to the next device. It is Snap that are monitoring them and within 30 minutes they alert the authorities.
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