[GrantMoyer]

> What is the value of locking something if the lock can be easily bypassed? Just preventing the least sophisticated attacks?

Amusingly, these two questions apply just as well to almost all physical locks in the material world. I suppose that makes WhatsApp's "lock" analogy apt.

[drdaeman]

However, we should consider that this is about online privacy features, which is a fairly hot topic nowadays. And it kind of feels that we got drape curtains* instead of a lock - and I think it's not exactly what people would reasonably expect for a feature like this? Or do they clarify that it's a weak protection somewhere?

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*) I mean, it can be unlocked by literally opening JS console and typing one command. That's a gate latch at best.