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> Bob's WhatsApp client reads the message and reports it back to the WhatsApp server. In every copy of the app, WhatsApp explicitly says, "Your messages, call
by cantrevealname 5y ago
> Bob's WhatsApp client reads the message and reports it back to the WhatsApp server.
In every copy of the app, WhatsApp explicitly says, "Your messages, calls and status updates stay between you and the people you choose. Not even WhatsApp can read or listen to them."
Of course, the scenario you describe is possible, but WhatsApp would be lying.
- dTal 5y ago>Not even WhatsApp can read or listen to them WhatsApp is already lying. It can, as demonstrated above.
- WhyNotHugo 5y agoWhatsApp's TOS uses to state that the encryption key stays on device. This changed a few months ago.
- PeterisP 5y agoA lawyer could argue that sending a hash of the transmitted file (or, preferably, locally verifying the hash against a blacklist) is substantially different from sending/reading its contents.