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.

  • whale@lemm.ee
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    9 months ago

    Metadata includes:

    1. Who
    2. When
    3. Where
    4. More?

    For example, if we look at Whatsapp:

    1. We know the sender and recipient(s) by phone number
    2. Time and date of every message and how frequently
    3. IP address (relative location)
    4. Every phone number is probably tied to a Facebook identity, which includes online and/or offline information about you and all your friends

    And that’s just if we take Facebook at its word