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Wow that is really bad. "If you're using a custom ROM or rooted phone, your [WhatsApp] messages won't be protected with end-to-end encryption."

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Kilian

@kiliankoe

Aug 11, 2019

PSA: Using WhatsApp on a rooted Android device or running a custom ROM? No crypto for you. faq.whatsapp.com/en/android/260

Daniel Micay

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It's being misinterpreted. They're saying that their end-to-end encryption won't be able to protect people on alternative OSes, because they roll back many security features, break core parts of the security model and rarely ship full security updates even when available.

8:19 AM · Aug 12, 2019Twitter Web App

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Maybe. That's probably what it means, but that's not what the words on the page say.

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No, not maybe. WhatsApp supports end-to-end encryption on other operating systems. This is a wording issue with their FAQ aimed at non-technical users. They aren't disabling end-to-end encryption on alternative OSes. It may be 2019, but there are still objective facts...

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It's hard to disagree with that overall but they're presenting it poorly in an attempt to dumb it down. Still, it's quite disingenuous for them to say this while not saying anything about all the devices with unmaintained vendor forks of Android and lack of security updates.

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