Encryption, point-to-point

“Emails Add to the Turmoil at WPP,” The Wall Street Journal, June 29, 2018 B2. A company technician recovered  WhatsApp messages from the phone of a former employee; these messages were then sent by encrypted email to a few employees.  Technician who recovered the messages has also left the company. [BTW, messages on WhatsApp are encrypted point-to-point, but are recoverable from a device that received them.]

What happens to messages on your company phone when you leave?  Do you care?  Do you use encryption  to send messages anonymously?  Why?

These messages were in an account used to coordinate the former CEO’s travel.  And maybe for other stuff.  The CEO already resigned.

 

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