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No. It is still the WhatsApp server making the request to your website - so you only see the server's IP. Facebook makes one request and then caches the result
by edent 7y ago
No. It is still the WhatsApp server making the request to your website - so you only see the server's IP.
Facebook makes one request and then caches the result. Other servers may not store the result.
- will0 7y ago[Here's how signal does it](https://hub.packtpub.com/signal-introduces-optional-link-previews-to-enable-users-understand-whats-behind-a-url/ https://hub.packtpub.com/signal-introduces-optional-link-pre...). TL;DR, the app establishes a TLS connection directly between your phone and the site, but routes it through a proxy on Signal's server, thereby hiding your IP without being able to view the URL. I imagine Whatsapp works in a similar fashion
- saagarjha 7y agoDoesn't that break end-to-end encryption?