It's a poignant story that the author has such personal reasons for his interest in privacy, but the bottom line is that WhatsApp has an absolutely horrible tra

It's a poignant story that the author has such personal reasons for his interest in privacy, but the bottom line is that WhatsApp has an absolutely horrible track record of security. Security is one area in which I generally don't give people the benefit of the doubt (the burden of proof is on them), and so far, WhatsApp has not done much to prove their trustworthiness[0] in this regard. [0] Trust encompasses both intent and ability/execution - if either one is lacking, the trust fails.