[boudin]

E2E encryption does not protect against any of this. Whatsapp can still decrypt messages locally and feed back information to meta.

[closewith]

TBF, no-one's as-yet found a Meta binary doing this.

[fcpk]

you mean things like having a localhost server running on android service to bypass tracking restrictions and run all of your stuff illegally?

[closewith]

Well, yes, they have been found to bypass tracking restrictions, most recently using Local Mess (https://localmess.github.io/), but they haven't been found exfiltrating WhatsApp private keys or messages in plaintext. And people are looking for this specifically.