WhatsApp

6 statements across 5 episodes · 0 bullish · 5 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Jun 21, 2022 by Sean Weisbrot · said 37 times in 12 episodes since 2022 · across every show →

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Everything said about WhatsApp, oldest first

Jun 21, 2022 bearish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Weisbrot: Encrypted messages stored today could destroy your life within 10 years
“Within 10 years, anything you say today that is stored on, let's say, WhatsApp server, or Signal server, or Telegram server, that can come back to destroy your life.”
Sean Weisbrot Jun 21, 2022 ▶ 43:25 Data You Encrypted Today Can Destroy Your Life Within 10 Years
Jul 12, 2022 negative
Assertion Supported
Wade: WhatsApp exposes phone numbers to all members when added to groups
“WhatsApp not only does that, you can just be dropped in a group without your permission and everybody can see your phone number. Like I could just drop you in a group of a 150 people and they all have your phone number instantly.”
Robbie Wade Jul 12, 2022 ▶ 49:47 2 Billion People Use a Super App That Isn't One
Jul 5, 2023 negative
Assertion Supported
Weisbrot: WhatsApp Co-Founder Forfeited $400M Payout To Get Away From Zuckerberg
“The guy ended up telling Zuckerberg to F himself and he walked away from a four hundred million dollar, like partial payout. Just so he could walk away from the company and get away from it.”
Sean Weisbrot Jul 5, 2023 ▶ 15:21 Photographers Weren't Replaced by Photoshop. So Why Fear AI?
Jun 9, 2026 negative
Assertion Contradicted
Weisbrot: WhatsApp is not truly end-to-end encrypted
“They call themselves end to end encrypted, but the reality is if you have the private key, if you have the encryption key inside WhatsApp server, What's the point of calling it end-to-end encrypted? Because you need to send the message from your phone to them,…”
Sean Weisbrot Jun 9, 2026 ▶ 15:12 He Presented from the Hip on Stage and Invented a World First in 90 Days
Jun 9, 2026 negative
Assertion Partly supported
Weisbrot: WhatsApp was used to spy on Jamal Khashoggi
“Applications that were used to spy on journalists like Khashoggi, and it was done through WhatsApp.”
Sean Weisbrot Jun 9, 2026 ▶ 16:17 He Presented from the Hip on Stage and Invented a World First in 90 Days
Sep 8, 2026
Assertion Supported
WhatsApp's architecture leaks unreleased features to developers during internal tests
“When I was at Meta on the WhatsApp side, we had that problem. The WhatsApp app for whatever reason is built in a way where you can, I don't know, maybe this is common. I don't know enough about mobile apps, but it's built in a way where you can break it down a…”
Clayton Critchard Sep 8, 2026 ▶ 18:09 Getting Laid Off Led Him to Buy the Company That Hired Him
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