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Is WhatsApp bad for privacy?
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this post was submitted on 23 Oct 2023
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That doesn't explain why asymmetric encryption is insecure? In fact signal seems to be using two pairs of asymmetric keys to generate its symmetric secret, so it would also be prone to attack if asymmetric encryption was a flawed system.
I guess I missed your initial conversations question, but this is easy to search, and not for me to defend WhatsApp. I'm not the harbinger of bad news here, I'm just telling you what everyone else has said on the internet. WhatsApp is not private. They cooperate with governments to make messages known even.
I feel like you're trying to drive a point home that has already lost in the security commutat as a hole. OP asked if WhatsApp is bad for privacy, and it is.
Edit: just to shut you up - https://propertyofthepeople.org/document-detail/?doc-id=21114562