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Lawsuit Alleges That WhatsApp Has No End-to-End Encryption
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this post was submitted on 28 Jan 2026
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Is that new? I remember reading about this years ago.
yes communication is encrypted end to end which means no one could evedrop but once the information arrive to your app and get saved to your device there is nothing preventing whatsapp from sending to its parent company,
E2E encryption doesnt mean whatsapp is trustworthy
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