And if so, why exactly? It says it’s end-to-end encrypted. The metadata isn’t. But what is metadata and is it bad that it’s not? Are there any other problematic things?

I think I have a few answers for these questions, but I was wondering if anyone else has good answers/explanations/links to share where I can inform myself more.

  • ɐɥO@lemmy.ohaa.xyz
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    1 year ago

    It says it’s end-to-end encrypted.

    Whatsapp is closed source and made by a advertising company. Wouldnt really count on that

    Edit: Formatting

    • miss_brainfart@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      They don’t really need the actual contents of your messages if they have the associated metadata, since it is not encrypted, and provides them with plenty of information.

      So idk, I honestly don’t see why I shouldn’t believe them. Don’t get me wrong though, I fully support the scepticism.

      • freagle@lemmygrad.ml
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        1 year ago

        It can be fully end to end encrypted and still drop keyword-based metadata into the envelope. But also, I am pretty sure that the feds can access the keys if they need to. It’s e2e encrypted, but that doesn’t mean the key stays on your device.