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		FabHK 21 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I won't download your app. The web version is a-ok You don't know where your email goes through, and email for sure is not end to end encrypted. WhatsApp uses the Signal protocol. Closed source code can be decompiled, open source does not magically give you better security properties.

LtWorf 20 days ago [–]

> WhatsApp uses the Signal protocol

claims to do so.

> open source does not magically give you better security properties.

Reproducible builds do, in fact I have no idea if you and I are running the same whatsapp at all.

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