WhatsApp assures users that no one can see their messages — but the company has an extensive monitoring operation and regularly shares personal information with prosecutors.
They can also exfiltrate data to other meta apps on your system using small tricks. Finally, if Facebook is controlling the “ends” then the encryption doesn’t matter at all, they can just send your messages back after the app itself decrypts them. Why anyone trusts Facebook for anything absolutely blows my mind.
They can also exfiltrate data to other meta apps on your system using small tricks. Finally, if Facebook is controlling the “ends” then the encryption doesn’t matter at all, they can just send your messages back after the app itself decrypts them. Why anyone trusts Facebook for anything absolutely blows my mind.