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by danielschonfeld 3634 days ago
I don't know about either anything factual, but I believe it was said that WhatsApp crux in the e2e is the iCloud backup. I believe that's where your old message get restored from.

I believe you can also disable that iCloud backup and thus the ability to retrieve those messages with a new phone.

End-to-End means encrypted in transport and not saved (in any form that is decryptable) on their servers. To that, I believe whatsapp fulfills their end of the bargain.