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Given the recent detainment of a French person who got detained because he said something bad about the current administration in his WhatsApp messages. It makes me wonder if WhatsApp is truly end to end encrypted as they claimed. How did they even single him out?
As a corollary question, if I were to pass Customs, and if I delete WhatsApp , Reddit etc just before I reach the counter, will they be able to find out that I just deleted the apps minutes ago? I’ll be deleting them from my phone but keep them on the cloud.
Phone number is KYC’d
It is literally an identity and thats why everyone forcing you to use it now.
Phonenumbers are easy to fake, I have two signal accounts without any ties to my person.
That’s jurisdiction dependent… I thought that this ability is very limited now
Yeah, in some countries you can buy SIM cards at 7-11. In others you need to submit your ID, connect your bank account etc
You can get numbers for verification online. No need for buying sim cards.
Heres my referral :) https://sms-man.com/?ref=qPLi0ekHzn_c
Or you can just ask someone to buy a sim card for you…
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