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by loncat4215 560 days ago
> In this case, I think WhatsApp should have done better — or refrained from adding this feature at all.

At least they should encrypt the messages instead of making it seems like it's encrypted. AFAIK, in the mobile WhatsApp, locked chats will get wiped without screen lock or secret code. They make it seem like it's practically impossible to recover the messages without doing real crypto stuff on the locked chats' messages.