• FizzyOrange@programming.dev
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    2 days ago

    Well not nothing. Android apps are quite easy to reverse engineer so there would be a high risk of them getting caught which would be quite damaging for WhatsApp’s brand.

    I wouldn’t say it’s a lot, but it isn’t nothing.

    There is certainly nothing technical stopping them from doing it, but that’s true of Signal too.

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      Well not nothing. Android apps are quite easy to reverse engineer so there would be a high risk of them getting caught which would be quite damaging for WhatsApp’s brand.

      none of their users would care. but also good luck finding a news site that cares to write about it and has some reach

      There is certainly nothing technical stopping them from doing it, but that’s true of Signal too.

      isn’t signal built reproducibly, without obfuscation?