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Re:700M users and Premium by scrollaway on Monday June 20, 2022 @03:45AM (#31807392)
Business account chat logs are read by Facebook because the chats are sent via other means than WhatsApp. I don’t believe you can verify identity on business accounts either anyway so that’s moot.

As for your other examples, as I said, it’s all very circumstantial and coincidental. Not evidence. Your accusation is more serious than you think, and serious accusations need serious evidence.

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Re:700M users and Premium by philliphaydon on Monday June 20, 2022 @04:43AM (#31807833)
I have absolutely no problem accusing Facebook. It's not like they will try to prove me wrong or anything. We only assume that WA is using e2ee, but the reality is they have told us. Never proven it.
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Re:700M users and Premium by scrollaway on Tuesday June 21, 2022 @06:36AM (#31822361)
Except that WhatsApp uses the same protocol as signal.

If you’re saying Facebook can just decrypt stuff at will, your accusations are quite extreme, and you better back it up with stronger evidence.

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