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Se7enZ | 9 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Regardless of any centralized server, the open sourced client code ensures encryption prior to being sent to the server.

E2E encryption === end to end encryption

The server code shouldn't matter, because it can't read the message to begin with.
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hopper | 9 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 It depends how it is signed and how the secret key is generated. WhatsApp also have e2e encryption.
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Se7enZ | 9 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Are you suggesting those details are not verifiable from the client source code?
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cyberotter | 9 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 WhatsApp also has a built in function to send the last 5 messages to Facebook moderators...