Because they say they do and nobody’s yet proven that they don’t. But your point is of course valid: closed source security is nothing more than trust me bro.
WhatsApp’s main resource is that they grabbed more than a billion users before Facebook took over. Saying “look how secure we are” makes the casual user think there’s no need to change.
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Because they say they do and nobody’s yet proven that they don’t. But your point is of course valid: closed source security is nothing more than trust me bro.
Apart from that I don’t get why they make that argument. If that sounds good to you, use Signal.
WhatsApp’s main resource is that they grabbed more than a billion users before Facebook took over. Saying “look how secure we are” makes the casual user think there’s no need to change.