> If WhatsApp is really E2EE encrypted, why would any of the other steps be necessary? because you need to eliminate the chance of profiling by any other means

> If WhatsApp is really E2EE encrypted, why would any of the other steps be necessary? because you need to eliminate the chance of profiling by any other means. Using the same phone as before means that the pre-existing profiles exist, which means that the relationship is already inferred. Because its trivially easy to track people, you need to eliminate all other variables.