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this post was submitted on 10 Aug 2023
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WhatsApp is already E2E encrypted, it always has been. There's a circlejerk around here about "not true E2E!", but that's just straight up nonsense.
but still leaks a lot of metadata to Facebook/Meta
Name, service start date, last seen date, IP address, and email address, that's it. Proof here. Everything Google and Apple also collect. If that's a problem for you use Signal, not iMessage.
I get that, but Meta/Facebook has a massive track record of not giving a shit about its users. I wouldn't recommend trusting them, they've shown their true colors many times over.
You don't have to trust them, you shouldn't trust any of them, but your messages are encrypted nonetheless