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esttoday at 3:43 AM1 replyview on HN

> For normal people E2EE means privacy

It's misunderstood.

In the begining it's used to describe chat apps, your chat message are delivered in a secure way.

But later some marketers try to use it as a "transport channel" for client-server interactions.


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g-b-rtoday at 4:07 AM

> > For normal people E2EE means privacy > > It's misunderstood.

Not in my experience, except by very few

> But later some marketers try to use it as a "transport channel" for client-server interactions.

Some, still few enough to not make the term confusing, for what I can tell