submitted 8 months ago by Azzu@lemm.ee to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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And if so, why exactly? It says it's end-to-end encrypted. The metadata isn't. But what is metadata and is it bad that it's not? Are there any other problematic things?

I think I have a few answers for these questions, but I was wondering if anyone else has good answers/explanations/links to share where I can inform myself more.

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[-] Blizzard@lemmy.zip 17 points 8 months ago

Are you really asking about privacy of a Facebook's app?

[-] BolexForSoup@kbin.social 16 points 8 months ago

Are you going to be flippant or help educate the person?

[-] Blizzard@lemmy.zip 10 points 8 months ago

The answer is: Yes, WhatsApp is bad for privacy.

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