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WhatsApp is making a massive change to the way it saves your contacts (www.theverge.com)
submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They cannot see phone numbers of contacts, no.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Is the code open ?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Of course not. And the often repeated "they use Signal protocol" means diddly squat because the code is closed source. They took Signal protocol at some point, forked it and did good knows what with it since experts cannot review it. 🙄

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

No. The Signal app offers similar functionality to WhatsApp core features and is open.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago

Signal leaks meta data lol