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On Reddit's r/privacy, you can no longer criticize Facebook (www.reddit.com)

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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.

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[-] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

That's jurisdiction dependent... I thought that this ability is very limited now

[-] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

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

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