[Piskvorrr]

So it essentially boils down to "do you blindly trust WhatsApp to do what they promise...and to do it without technical errors which would compromise this?" Now, is there a way to somehow verify that claim, or at least falsify it? ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falsifiability )

[sentamalin]

Yeah, it really boils down to that.

The question of Trust is a question that needs to be answered no matter which technologies you use, and the answer for it is very personal to an individual.

If Wikipedia's to be believed, Open Whisper Systems partnered with WhatsApp and provided the same end-to-end encryption as Signal.

[rapnie]

i wonder whether there has been an official review of the encryption mechanism by any trustworthy 3rd-party..

[sentamalin]

https://threatpost.com/signal-audit-reveals-protocol-cryptog...

They provide the links of their audit of the Signal Protocol there saying that it is cryptographically sound.