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WhatsApp introduces ads in its app

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713 points greenburger | 1 comments | 16 Jun 25 13:38 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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christina97 ◴[16 Jun 25 14:18 UTC] No.44289755[source]▶
There’s something particularly paternalistic about this statement from the PM: “Your personal messages, calls and statuses, they will remain end-to-end encrypted”.
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blitzar ◴[16 Jun 25 14:41 UTC] No.44290025[source]▶
Any man who must say, "I am the King", is no true king.

Any tech company who must say, "we don't harvest your information", is a tech company that harvests your information.

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gruez ◴[16 Jun 25 21:11 UTC] No.44293422[source]▶
Signal also claims the same:

> We can't read your messages or listen to your calls, and no one else can either.

Should we be suspicious of Signal as well?

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1. andreyf ◴[23 Jun 25 03:36 UTC] No.44352265{3}[source]▶
That's not the same thing at all. Especially as LLM's get smaller, WhatsApp can make a lot of money reading your messages and listening to your calls on the endpoint in order to market segment your ads while remaining e2e encrypted.