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> Wire interactions are secure and we comply with European privacy laws and regulations.

Which basically means as soon as a warrant is sent from pretty much any European government they'll hand over all your conversations. The support article doesn't give any detail whatsoever on how they encrypt your conversations: https://support.wire.com/hc/en-us/articles/203122500-Are-mes...

It's a shame companies can't be held accountable for advertising their services as secure, for false advertising.



> Wire interactions are secure and we comply with European privacy laws and regulations.

Marketing double-speak.


Huh? Which company will not give records if subpoenaed?

PS: Of course companies can be held accountable for false advertising. You can take them to court yourself.


The company that does not have records to begin with, when the encryption is truly end-to-end.




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