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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Do you think Whatsapp is actually encrypted and isn't a tool to get more information from its users because Meta pinky promised? Closed source piece of garbage.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Open Whisper did the actual message algorithm, and I understand it's open source. It could be copying your messages at the endpoint, I guess, but nobody has caught it doing that on wireshark to date.