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		palata on Aug 1, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Splitting the Web When we talk about "metadata", in the context of a messenger like Whatsapp, it refers to the data (metadata is data) around the actual "payload" (which is the e2ee message). Yes, all of that is metadata.

godshatter on Aug 3, 2023 [–]

And, of course, it all becomes "Meta data" in the end.

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