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A federal agent said WhatsApp's encryption is a lie. Then the investigation was shut down
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this post was submitted on 30 Apr 2026
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It's likely the cloud backups they can read. Encrypted archives are hard to sync across devices while still keeping the same level of security. I always advise against it if you don't have a good reason to do it.
It's also all but confirmed that they use on-device keyword recognition for targeted advertising. So if the app can phone home for some keywords, then it can phone home for anything.