End to End Encryption protects the messages *between the ends". If an “end” is compromised the best E2EE technology isn’t going to protect confidentiality.
Just ask Pete Hegseth, who invited a journalist into an E2EE signal chat. The journalist was an authorized “end” and could therefore read the conversation.
This change is about employers who already have full access to the “end” of the Android phone itself when that phone is in an enterprise managed state. Perfect encryption between that phone and other parties doesn’t change anything because the employer has full access to the phone itself.
End to End Encryption protects the messages *between the ends". If an “end” is compromised the best E2EE technology isn’t going to protect confidentiality.
Just ask Pete Hegseth, who invited a journalist into an E2EE signal chat. The journalist was an authorized “end” and could therefore read the conversation.
This change is about employers who already have full access to the “end” of the Android phone itself when that phone is in an enterprise managed state. Perfect encryption between that phone and other parties doesn’t change anything because the employer has full access to the phone itself.