What WhatsApp can see about you, not included in end-to-end encryption

The privacy that WhatsApp offers with end-to-end encryption, lots of data stays safe. So our chats remain completely private and only us and the other person can see them (unless we knowingly share them in other ways). But not everything is equally protected in the eyes of Meta.

sure there is information that does not go into end-to-end encryption. This does not mean that it is data that anyone can easily access, but they are visible to WhatsApp as they are not protected in the encryption mentioned above. Next, we detail what they are.

When will WhatsApp end-to-end encryption break?

We recently debunked the aforementioned myth of WhatsApp forbidden words, which was dispelled due to end-to-end encryption and the inability of WhatsApp developers to access our conversations and identify words. However, there is a way they can read our messages breaking this end-to-end encryption.

As we have told you before, as we have mentioned before, if someone reports our chat, WhatsApp will be able to access the content of that conversation. As they explain on their website, they get all the information when making a complaint about a chat, and basically the goal is to analyze whether the conversation violates the service’s usage rules.

And without having to have a report or something like that, WhatsApp can access content already publicly available to us in a certain way: profile photos, group names and descriptions these. And it’s sent to a system that automatically analyzes it to make sure it’s compliant with child abuse regulations, not just for a company employee to see it manually.

In this context, it will not matter whether the group you create is public or not, whether your photo is visible to all people or only to some people. WhatsApp can access this information at any time as it is outside of end-to-end encryption. Again, this does not mean that anyone can hack you and see this information.because there is still a security system against third parties.

this Whatsapp target when analyzing your data has nothing to do with the sale of your information to third parties or the like. As they explain, this information is shared with “law enforcement and others,” but only as long as this information is necessary to protect an individual or in an emergency. On their website, they say, “The protection of the life and physical or mental health, well-being or integrity of both yours and others.”