Questions tagged [end-to-end-encryption]

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Is this how end-to-end encryption works?

I want to use end-to-end encryption for communicating with other clients using my app. I had the following idea. Every client creates a public and private key. Everyone sends the public key to my server and anyone who wants to send messages to…
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Can we mask encrypted traffic to look like real traffic

Assumptions: Some places ban or at least think about banning encryption. Encrypted traffic can be easily spotted because it looks like nonsense (or something else?). Question: Suppose I put my encrypted traffic into a jpg and add a message "Hey…
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What is end-to-end encryption and how to do it (correctly / securely)?

//update 1 - there came some good replies (sadly mostly as comments instead of direct answers) - look further down for additional edit I know this is a hot topic for the past few years, and although I would say I know quite some stuff about…
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Why Malware doesn't use VPN's

I have heard of malware using TLS, RC4, and XOR to encrypt command and control communications. Why is it that malware doesn't use VPN's? For example Ipsec vpn, I would think this would make end to end traffic much more secure and encrypted.
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Is my own PKI based end-to-end encryption secure?

I implemented a simple chat that (tries to) encrypt messages end-to-end. I approached this problem by making both parties generate an ECDH keypair (P-384) and consequently share their public keys. Then, using one's own private key and the other's…
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