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Having a 'secure' conversation definitely implies trust in Google/Apple, regardless of the Whatsapp binary behaving flawlessly (e2e encryption, solid PRNG, no logs etc.)

They could indeed serve you a different binary from the app-store. "Do you think that's Whatsapp you're using?"

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Trust in the OS made by Google/Apple is slightly different from trust in the ability of Google/Apple to keep your data stored on their servers secure against nation states.

I have much more trust in the former than the latter.

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