Knowing that WhatsApp produces link preview cards, I frankly don't see anything here that I didn't already expect and assume was happening - these cards come fr

Knowing that WhatsApp produces link preview cards, I frankly don't see anything here that I didn't already expect and assume was happening - these cards come from somewhere that is neither me nor my conversation partner. This can't be a surprise to anyone who was concerned about privacy. If WA proxied the request, it would be WA snooping on the conversation, and that would be a way larger problem because they would accumulate that metadata for EVERYONE. If you don't want cards or external requests in the conversation, you obfuscate the url with any of the myriad methods people use to get past anti-url filters in forums etc.