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End-to-end encryption limitations

The limitations and potential vulnerabilities of end-to-end encryption in messaging services, including the role of backups, metadata, and legal processes.

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Jan 24, 2026

What legal or safety exceptions allow social apps to access encrypted user content upon request?

(E2EE) is designed so only sender and recipient hold the keys to read content, preventing providers from seeing messages in transit or at rest on user devices . Still, legal and safety exceptions—, pr...