WhatsApp does use that same Signal protocol for its messages but that's very poor writing considering all the tracked metadata arguably makes it just as insecure as Telegram.

[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 3 months ago

Ownership by Facebook renders WhatsApp inherently untrustworthy.

[–] Yearly1845@reddthat.com 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

So the Hunter Biden case is a complete farce but I found it alarming that they were proving WhatsApp messages as evidence during the trial. Clearly the messages aren't encrypted against Meta, or they hold keys users don't know about or they wouldn't be able to furnish messages.

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 19 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Or possibly a user's phone who was a party to the Whatsapp conversation was collected as evidence and unlocked by the user.

[–] Yearly1845@reddthat.com 4 points 3 months ago

Good point, had not considered that.