falsemirror@beehaw.orgtoTechnology@beehaw.org•To comply with DMA, WhatsApp and Messenger will become interoperable via Signal protocol
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7 months agoWhatsapp CANNOT read messages when e2ee is enabled, this client-side snooping was discussed when the protocol was first implemented. Whatsapp collects a ton of metadata and social graph info, but not message content.
Worries around this seem a bit much. They are making an experimental version of the protocol so they don’t need to sit on their hands while changes are accepted. They’re not bypassing the normal process.