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Metadata disclosure

The disclosure of metadata, such as subscriber records and connection logs, by encrypted messaging services.

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Jan 27, 2026

What methods can reliably verify identities in leaked encrypted-messaging screenshots?

Leaked screenshots of encrypted chats are a weak form of evidence on their own: content in transit but not the photo of a conversation, and screenshots can be fabricated or harvested from other system...

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...