I wouldn’t try to LOL
But there is valid reasoning for it. The metadata is equally as valuable as the actual content. That’s why WhatsApp is so profitable. If more people are using it then it could be seen as worth the tradeoff.
Comment on Instagram quietly drops end-to-end encrypted chats
Dojan@pawb.social 1 day agoYou cannot convince me that it was true end to end encryption. They had an eye in every chat.
I wouldn’t try to LOL
But there is valid reasoning for it. The metadata is equally as valuable as the actual content. That’s why WhatsApp is so profitable. If more people are using it then it could be seen as worth the tradeoff.
eager_eagle@lemmy.world 1 day ago
well, they can have true E2EE and still be able to read or exfiltrate the messages, because they control both ends…