No, no he's not. GP was questioning the implementation and OP is merely identifying a clear weakness (regardless of who you says, it is a trade-off). Not quite

No, no he's not. GP was questioning the implementation and OP is merely identifying a clear weakness (regardless of who you says, it is a trade-off). Not quite an appeal to authority, but it's pretty damn close. What exactly about the post is a discredited argument? I'm genuinely curious. WhatsApp can be doing anything behind the scenes without clients knowing about it, how is questioning this a bad thing?