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Whatsup is "end to end encrypted", but I had seen an article here on HN about how Whatsup would snatch your data before it begun transit, if needed - for "secur
by orestarod 6y ago
Whatsup is "end to end encrypted", but I had seen an article here on HN about how Whatsup would snatch your data before it begun transit, if needed - for "security reasons" - after performing a local analysis on the messages. I don't know if this has been implemented as of yet, but you can see the intent for circumventing actual encryption - they can do it, and since e2e has become a bother, they certainly will.
- _-___________-_ 6y agoWith WhatsApp it's even simpler; they just constantly nag you to "back up" your chats to the cloud.