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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (27 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (20 children)

I don't think so. Metadata is unencrypted (i.e. your contacts, who sends messages to whom and how often and when).
Messages itself are encrypted.

Am I wrong?

[–] [email protected] -3 points 3 weeks ago (8 children)

It uses signal Protocol so it has the same design defect for leaking meta data.

Both know who and when you are talking too. And thats really all the data the security apparatus cares about.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

I guess that's right. Although I'm (most likely) not a person of interest for any secret service. But the data could be interesting for marketing and insurance companies.

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