WhatsApp — by default, on most devices, for most users — automatically backs up your entire chat history to iCloud(iOS) or Google Drive (Android). This backup contains your decrypted messages. The plaintext. The thing the Signal Protocol just worked so hard to protect.

Stones in glass houses from Durov here. They don't even have encryption...

AI slop

Even bigger than these?

• Yes, I’ve read the agreement, and
• I totally agree to all of it.
• I’m also over 18, pinky promise. 💖
• Also, remember me so that I don’t have to type my password again next week when I log in.

The tech industry is built on so many lies.

1. Facebook can exfiltrate your data anyway (and have been, what other way can they make money off of what’s app)
2. This article is clearly ai slop. Good grief this writing style is horrendous.

The bigger lie is probably at the beginning of the article, from the CEO of Telegram.

[WhatsApp] reads users’ messages and shares them with third parties. Telegram has never done this — and never will.”

This whole article is exhausting to read because it appears AI generated, though. I've never seen somebody write that many short, "punchy" sentences in a row. For example, take a gander at this seven-word, three-sentence paragraph.

WhatsApp uses this. It’s real. It works.