End to End encryption is great, but only one aspect of security. The fact that the software is proprietary (and thus impossible to publicly verify), WhatsApp has control of chat metadata and address books, and other reasons mentioned above.
Now rolling out strong crypto on the most used mobile messaging service in the world is an astounding feat. But we must critically weigh the harm that's being caused when we encourage users to stick with interoperable, proprietary, unverifiable options. WhatsApp Hacken
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A better slogan would be "we don't force you to dumb yourself down to 140 characters", because that's what twitter does.
End to End encryption is great, but only one aspect of security. The fact that the software is proprietary (and thus impossible to publicly verify), WhatsApp has control of chat metadata and address books, and other reasons mentioned above.
Now rolling out strong crypto on the most used mobile messaging service in the world is an astounding feat. But we must critically weigh the harm that's being caused when we encourage users to stick with interoperable, proprietary, unverifiable options.
WhatsApp Hacken