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Yes, in the same way that you need to trust Whatsapp not to MITM you. What's your perceived difference between these trust levels, other than one is something you pay for with money, and the other doesn't require money?


THIS "in the same way that you need to trust Whatsapp not to MITM"

And on top of that Google or Apple or whoever you "trust" with your mobile operating system of choice.

Speaking of mobile OS, Element will likely run fine on mobile Linux whereas you can be sure Whatsapp will never release a Linux client


The Signal protocol (which WhatsApp still uses, I presume) is very good. WhatsApp can't MITM it.

Element, on the other hand, is MITM by design.




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