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by janeroe 1638 days ago
> For small group or individual messaging, whatsapp ... [is] far better choice.

The whatsapp that leaks your data to the FBI in real time [1], or do you mean some other whatsapp?

[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29381917
2 comments
Barrin92 1638 days ago
as the first response to that post says the only thing that the FBI got was metadata if icloud backups were enabled, it's impossible for whatsapp to leak your actual messages because they're on device encrypted.

These comments on whatsapp, which appear with regularity by the way, are misleading and just inflammatory.

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janeroe 1637 days ago
> it's impossible for whatsapp to leak your actual messages because they're on device encrypted

Have you seen the source code to claim there are no backdoors? Wait, you haven't because it's a proprietary piece of crap produced by the worst corp in existence - Facebook aka Meta. The same entity that's shamelessly involved into Putin's Russia level political censorship and yet we are to trust it according to the parent comment. Right...

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Egrodo 1638 days ago
This is entirely false, stop spreading disinformation.
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janeroe 1637 days ago
Facebook shills are strong here, I see. Here you are: https://propertyofthepeople.org/document-detail/?doc-id=2111...

Excerpt from the FBI report:

> Pen Register: Sent every 15 minutes, provides source and destination of every message. [without a warrant of any kind]

(And who knows what other three letter agencies can get.)

BuT ThAt'S jUsT mEtAdAta, wE hAvE nOtHinG tO hIdE. Then keep using it, but don't spread your bullshit to others.

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