And if so, why exactly? It says it's end-to-end encrypted. The metadata isn't. But what is metadata and is it bad that it's not? Are there any other problematic things?

I think I have a few answers for these questions, but I was wondering if anyone else has good answers/explanations/links to share where I can inform myself more.

  • majestictechie@lemmy.fosshost.com
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    1 year ago

    While the messages itself are encrypted, the WhatsApp App itself can still collect data from you from the Device your using it on:

    • Phone number
    • operating system
    • associated contacts Etc.

    And given this is a Meta owned company, we can probably assume they profile you from that.