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> I don't see where the problem lies? There is no problem. I'm just informing people reading HN of this change. Your messages will now be sent when you report

by ffpip 6y ago

> I don't see where the problem lies? There is no problem. I'm just informing people reading HN of this change. Your messages will now be sent when you report a person/group.

dang 6y ago
The problem is that you submitted the post with a misleading title. "WhatsApp can now read your recent messages when you report a user" implies that they've acquired some new power to read user data when in reality it's you who are forwarding them a copy, for the obvious reason that reporting a user would be meaningless without that.
- hannasanarion 6y ago
  They didn't get a copy of your messages with a report until today. This is a meaningful change.
  - deleted 6y ago
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- ffpip 6y ago
  > implies that they've acquired some new power to read user data when in reality They have added this power to read user data when you report it. All of which I have included in the title. >for the obvious reason that reporting a user would be meaningless without that. This is a change from past behavior. WhatsApp didn't forward a copy of messages when you reported people previously. Now they do. Which is what I clearly mentioned in the title. This meaningless way of reporting people was what users were used to. None of the comments commenting about click-bait are mentioning what is factually wrong with the title. They are just saying they understood it different, which is okay.
  - pvg 6y ago
    It's not ok on HN where clickbait titles and editorialized titles are not ok, 'factually correct' or not. You can't just say we should agree to disagree on whether to have clickbait or editorialized titles.
- ffpip 6y ago
  Whatsapp is the most popular messenger in this world. People need to know this new change in this update. It is end to end encrypted, but now they have started collecting messages, the first way being when you report them. You can't opt out.
  - est31 6y ago
    You can opt out by not reporting users. You can already block someone for any reason whatsoever. Nothing requires you to report them. If you report them to any other place, like police, HR, etc, you'll likely have to show the discussion as well, or at least tell them about its contents. This is not a slippery slope, at least not right now.

by ffpip 6y ago

> I don't see where the problem lies? There is no problem. I'm just informing people reading HN of this change. Your messages will now be sent when you report a person/group.

dang 6y ago

The problem is that you submitted the post with a misleading title. "WhatsApp can now read your recent messages when you report a user" implies that they've acquired some new power to read user data when in reality it's you who are forwarding them a copy, for the obvious reason that reporting a user would be meaningless without that.

hannasanarion 6y ago
They didn't get a copy of your messages with a report until today. This is a meaningful change.
- deleted 6y ago
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ffpip 6y ago
> implies that they've acquired some new power to read user data when in reality They have added this power to read user data when you report it. All of which I have included in the title. >for the obvious reason that reporting a user would be meaningless without that. This is a change from past behavior. WhatsApp didn't forward a copy of messages when you reported people previously. Now they do. Which is what I clearly mentioned in the title. This meaningless way of reporting people was what users were used to. None of the comments commenting about click-bait are mentioning what is factually wrong with the title. They are just saying they understood it different, which is okay.
- pvg 6y ago
  It's not ok on HN where clickbait titles and editorialized titles are not ok, 'factually correct' or not. You can't just say we should agree to disagree on whether to have clickbait or editorialized titles.
ffpip 6y ago
Whatsapp is the most popular messenger in this world. People need to know this new change in this update. It is end to end encrypted, but now they have started collecting messages, the first way being when you report them. You can't opt out.
- est31 6y ago
  You can opt out by not reporting users. You can already block someone for any reason whatsoever. Nothing requires you to report them. If you report them to any other place, like police, HR, etc, you'll likely have to show the discussion as well, or at least tell them about its contents. This is not a slippery slope, at least not right now.