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Comment Re:Meaningless ... (Score 1) 248

The definition says nothing about who has access to keys, other than to say that the destination requires keys and knowledge of algorithms used.
It's still end-to-end encryption if a third party is responsible for generating keys and handing them out.
Think S/MIME and e-mail, a certificate authority generates keys for users to encrypt mail to each other. The mail is encrypted from end to end, but the keys are controlled by another party.

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