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		NayamAmarshe on April 13, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Deploying key transparency at WhatsApp > It uses the Signal protocol. Is there any evidence for this? Like any independent audits like Signal and Telegram have for their protocols?

tapoxi on April 14, 2023 [–]

It was done by Signal themselves: https://signal.org/blog/whatsapp-complete/

The client is closed so it can't be independently verified outside of sniffing traffic or decompilation I assume.

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