Does user privacy when using WhatsApp Web (https://web.whatsapp.com) differ substantially from using WhatsApp on Android? WhatsApp on Android has end-to-end encryption and (optional) encrypted backups. If I use WhatsApp Web, will Meta be able to see the contents of my WhatsApp messages?

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for anyone not aware, if you’re using the web based version of anything on a corporate/company device, assume all traffic can be intercepted by your admins. it’s very easy to do and considered a requirement on some fields.

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