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467 points bundie | 3 comments | 08 Jul 25 16:11 UTC | HN request time: 0.204s | source

1. sschueller ◴[08 Jul 25 17:43 UTC] No.44502282[source]▶

>>44501379 (OP) #

Why does Whatsapp allow this? It defeats their whole encryption Spiel.

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2. bspammer ◴[08 Jul 25 17:51 UTC] No.44502351[source]▶

>>44502282 (TP) #

No amount of in-transit encryption can help when google controls the OS.

3. brinerustle ◴[09 Jul 25 06:23 UTC] No.44506846[source]▶

>>44502282 (TP) #

because whatsapp is owned by meta, and their business model is to monetize our data. The agreement between google and meta is not public, but we can be sure it was to monetize our data.

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