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Re:Our app was banned because the button says “Report User” ... by Dissley on Monday March 15, 2021 @08:48AM (#26465423)
After reading this, I think Signal is also violating this policy. I was not able to find a way to report messages or users. In comparison on WhatsApp I can report a user or group and the "most recent messages" will be forwarded to moderation.

I think it is kind of strange that even a private messenger needs to implement a report system for messages.

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Re:Our app was banned because the button says “Report User” ... by andreynering on Monday March 15, 2021 @09:32AM (#26465865)
> In comparison on WhatsApp I can report a user or group and the "most recent messages" will be forwarded to moderation.

Really? So if a random person decide to report me, plain text uncrypted messages will be sent to WhatsApp?

Even if this does not happen regularly, this means that WhatsApp have means to read my messages, which is scary enough.

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Re:Our app was banned because the button says “Report User” ... by Dissley on Monday March 15, 2021 @10:06AM (#26466227)
I dont think this confirms that WhatsApp can ready our messages. In theory it could be implemented as a simple message forward, just as any message can be forwarded in Whatsapp.
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Re:Our app was banned because the button says “Report User” ... by LorenPechtel on Monday March 15, 2021 @06:10PM (#26469891)
No. It means the person making the report has the ability to read the message. Of course they do, otherwise it would be completely useless. You can't stop the recipient from doing something you don't want with the message you send them.
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