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Does this mean WhatsApp is okay to use now?

• 76 8y ago
  No. Facebook bought them.
• eitland 8y ago
  Depending on your threat model, yes. As far as I understand they cannot read the content of your messages, however: - by default they'll upload backups of your messages to Google cloud. - (more importantly for me) I really don't trust Facebook to: 1.) not abuse metadata 2.) not mess up security somehow 3.) stand up against whatever oppressive regimes we might see in the future In addition I don't want to make the Facebook ecosystem any stronger if I can avoid it. A nice bonus is that I strengthen the network effect of other ecosystems when I use them by default.
• doctorstupid 8y ago
  No, in response to things like WhatsApp the Australian government just passed a bill enabling it to force companies to create backdoors to encrypted communications.