Well. As much as I don't like what WhatsApp has become under Facebook I think you are unfair to them in the same way that I think people are unfair to Telegram

Well. As much as I don't like what WhatsApp has become under Facebook I think you are unfair to them in the same way that I think people are unfair to Telegram today. Early Whatsapp still respected privacy. They didn't datamine us or spam us. And they where working long term to make it better. I've no doubt encryption has been worked on well before they were bought. Same with Telegram now: they seem to be working hard to provide a good messenger. Their crypto is not as good as Signals (AFAIK) but unlike new WhatsApp they don't plan to datamine me for profit. And I think they are working hard behind the scenes to make encryption even better and possibly decentralize the serber infrastructure.