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Forgive my naivety, but aren’t Whatsapp messages encrypted? If so, how can the authorities see what’s written in them?

• everly 7y ago
  Someone in the group chat is a snitch.
• afterburner 7y ago
  Maybe someone snitched?
  • _frip 7y ago
    That is exactly what happened.
• josephagoss 7y ago
  If people in the chat want him suspended, I guess it is those people with the complaint making a recording/listing of the chats and then passing the evidence onto authorities.
• fouc 7y ago
  I thought only 1-to-1 messages were encrypted and group chat wasn't.
  • likpok 7y ago
    The group chat is also encrypted, but anyone in the group chat can share the messages.
  • aitchnyu 7y ago
    Whatsapp does E2E for groups, which have upto 256 members. A Matrix dev said they scaled E2E to groups with thousands.