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Re:WhatsApp goes down for users globally by rakoo on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @07:57AM (#33329325)
> You can enable e2e chats. But you lose cloud sync.

You also lose talking to more than 1 person at the same time.

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Re:WhatsApp goes down for users globally by gaius_baltar on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @09:36AM (#33330279)
And link previews. Groups are never secure, too.

Also AFAIK Telegram has access to the plain text data from stickers so when they are downloaded by a person on a secret chat, everybody with server access can also figure a bit of the context of the conversation.

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