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		sschueller 6 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google can now read your WhatsApp messages Why does Whatsapp allow this? It defeats their whole encryption Spiel.

bspammer 6 months ago | [–]

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

brinerustle 6 months ago | [–]

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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