[qwytw]

Why wouldn't you trust them? To some extent at least?

I mean if they are claiming their messaging system is E2E and it turns out it isn't the cost to them (not only financial) would be much higher than whatever they earn from having access to your data.

[Lio]

> Why wouldn't you trust them?

Because historically we've already caught these companies doing dubious things and they're still in business, still making money hand over fist.

For example, Facebook saying they would only use phone numbers for two-factor authentication and just ignoring that because it was profitable.

Or Biobank saying they wouldn't share private medical data with insurance companies and then just ignoring that because it was profitable.

Or Microsoft and its subsidiaries bribing foreign officials to gain sales and block use of FOSS alternatives because it was profitable.

The naughty list is long and it doesn't seem to cause much reputational damage if any.

[qwytw]

> because it was profitable

Yeah I agree that's the core issue. I'd only "trust" them because I don't see how promising E2E and then breaking it on a widescale would be profitable for them