In the last few years phones and apps have been touting themselves as better than other phones/services because their messaging has end-to-end encryption, or some other variant of secure messaging. Why do we care?
Edit: Thanks for the answers, everyone!
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I think I have a brief and clear answer.
Most computer systems have a server that sits between the people talking to each other. The server orchestrates how things should work. It is easier if the server is allowed to read or change the messages, but that is not the most secure design. End-to-end encryption means the server passes encrypted messages that it cannot read between either end of the two people talking.
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