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by nicce 1601 days ago
Technically it is not very secure. It leaks the most interesting stuff (metadata). People think that only message content matters.
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What metadata is it leaking? Any link?
Everything they can possibly get with the app. Only message content is E2EE.

https://www.whatsapp.com/legal/privacy-policy

https://faq.whatsapp.com/general/security-and-privacy/end-to...

Didn't know leaking meta data was a requirement for most of the people ;-)
The most people don’t understand their own requirements. For example before Apple’s privacy features, Facebook (Meta) could try to guess the message contents with certain probablity based on other app usage. (Facebook trackers on different apps and cross-app tracking)
What is exactly what I am trying to say, since the comment up the chain states that e.g. interoperability isnt a requirement of most users