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		fiatjaf on Aug 25, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Looking ahead for WhatsApp It seems the end-to-end encryption was done by OpenWhisperSystems.

ffggvv on Aug 25, 2016 [–]

And so?

1. They still censorship telegram which means they can read messages locally. With new updates whatsapp could have new rules to censor or modify "dangerous" (to them) messages.

2. E2E encryption is implemented now, what about the future?

fiatjaf on Aug 25, 2016 | [–]

Ok, I'm not defending them. I will uninstall this damn app.

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