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EU parliament votes against scanning of private chats
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Or maybe people are mislead by (and putting to much trust in) the term "end-to-end encryption"
Sure its encrypted in transit between you and the person you're exchanging messages with.
But that doesnt mean the Whatsapp app itself isnt scanning your chats on the phone.