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NoahZunigayesterday at 11:23 PM1 replyview on HN

That's protected cryptographically with key transparency. Anyone can check what the current published keys for a user are, and be sure they get the same value as any other user. Specifically, your wa client checks that these keys are the right key.


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morshu9001today at 1:18 AM

Even if your client is asking other clients to verify, what if everyone has the same wrong key for a particular user Whatsapp has chosen to spoof?