[fictioncircle]

Yeah but tbh, its still not e2e encrypted. It just means WhatsApp is ignorant.

So they are in the clear legally, but morally, its still dubious to do that given its effectively disclosing what is often a substantial portion of the conversation.

[marcosdumay]

The message contents are e2e encrypted.

And, transmitting an URL usually has no use beyond accessing it. They are doing what the user expects, it's just lacking some communication and power-user tools to override the default behavior.

[fictioncircle]

> And, transmitting an URL usually has no use beyond accessing it. They are doing what the user expects, it's just lacking some communication and power-user tools to override the default behavior.

Let us just say there are certain things that can cause legal complications merely accessing it and not reporting it is technically still a crime.

[saghm]

I'm not sure that's what a user would expect; if anything, I'd think users would expect the opposite, that internet requests potentially with identifying information are not being sent to third parties based on what they've typed into the box without hitting send.

[killjoywashere]

The system is clearly passing message data, not metadata, back to the app servers in the clear. Full stop.