{"id":54959,"date":"2025-11-01T18:21:46","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T17:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aboutsignal.com\/?p=54959"},"modified":"2025-11-27T16:03:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T15:03:20","slug":"whatsapp-wir-sehen-euch-witz-loest-globale-datenschutz-kontroverse-aus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aboutsignal.com\/de\/news\/whatsapps-we-see-you-joke-sparks-global-privacy-backlash\/","title":{"rendered":"WhatsApps \u201eWir sehen euch\u201c-Witz l\u00f6st weltweite Kritik an Datenschutz-praktiken aus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>What was meant as an innocent joke ended in a global privacy controversy for WhatsApp. WhatsApp posted on X \u201c<em>people who end messages with \u201clol\u201d we see you, we honor you<\/em>\u201c, after which reactions and criticism erupted. And rightly so, because WhatsApp really can see a lot about you. Signal can\u2019t.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The \u201cjoke\u201d by WhatsApp has now been viewed more than 14 million times:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<center><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">people who end messages with \u201clol\u201d we see you, we honor you<\/p>&mdash; WhatsApp (@WhatsApp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhatsApp\/status\/1982919416456364374?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 27, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tweet sparked a lot of reactions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WhatsApp\/status\/1982919416456364374\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"475\" height=\"414\" src=\"https:\/\/aboutsignal.com\/files\/signal-app-whatsapp-x-we-see-you.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aboutsignal.com\/files\/signal-app-whatsapp-x-we-see-you.png 475w, https:\/\/aboutsignal.com\/files\/signal-app-whatsapp-x-we-see-you-300x261.png 300w, https:\/\/aboutsignal.com\/files\/signal-app-whatsapp-x-we-see-you-14x12.png 14w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WhatsApp can see a lot about you<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><br>After the social media manager at WhatsApp saw that the \u201cjoke\u201d had failed, they quickly tried to defend it. In doing so, WhatsApp pulled its well-known trick of telling only half the story: WhatsApp keeps stressing that messages are end-to-end encrypted and private, but doesn\u2019t mention that they can still see many other things, such as metadata.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WhatsApp can also see your profile photo, information about yourself, group names, and the descriptions of your communities and groups, as stated in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/legal\/privacy-policy-eea\">WhatsApp\u2019s privacy policy<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cYou may also provide content that is not encrypted which <strong>means that we can see it<\/strong>. This includes your profile picture, your &#8220;about&#8221; information and names and descriptions of your communities and groups.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WhatsApp can and wants to see even more of you<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Another trick WhatsApp uses is gradually building more features into the app that are not end-to-end encrypted, allowing WhatsApp to collect and see even more data about you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A recent example of this is Channels. In the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/legal\/channels-privacy-policy-eea\/\">supplementary privacy policy for WhatsApp Channels<\/a>, it states that WhatsApp collects and sees literally everything about you: which content you view, how you react, which features you use, for how long, when, your searches, and everything about your followers. They also collect everything shared in channels, such as&nbsp;text, videos, photos, documents, links, gifs, stickers, audio content and polls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Signal sees nothing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Signal\u2019s President Meredith Whittaker also joined the discussion and posted \u201cThey see your metadata, they mean. At Signal? We see nothing. Check our open source code if you want the receipts\u2764\ufe0f\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A bit later, she added a spot-on comparison with a clip from Succession:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<center><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWe tested this, Greg!\u201d<br><br> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/21jrcsTDJZ\">pic.twitter.com\/21jrcsTDJZ<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Meredith Whittaker (@mer__edith) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mer__edith\/status\/1984628231874785413?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 1, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Do you have WhatsApp but want to make sure no one\u2019s watching? Then switch to Signal! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/signal.org\/install\">Download Signal for free via your app store<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also read and share:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/aboutsignal.com\/blog\/why-use-signal-the-benefits-of-signal-messenger-for-you\/\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/aboutsignal.com\/blog\/why-use-signal-the-benefits-of-signal-messenger-for-you\/\">Why use Signal? The benefits of Signal for you<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/aboutsignal.com\/blog\/how-to-switch-from-whatsapp-to-signal\/\">How to switch from WhatsApp to Signal<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<center><blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:hhqkzmljoxvlyldmiiizw277\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3m4n6iz43742u\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreifguin4rwpfd5fe3xu6etnl7ctunam5rzbpsspu5dm4pj5sh2ohcy\" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode=\"system\"><p lang=\"\">#signal #signalapp #signalmessenger #whatsapp #privacy<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:hhqkzmljoxvlyldmiiizw277\/post\/3m4n6iz43742u?ref_src=embed\">[image or embed]<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Signal News &amp; Tips (<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:hhqkzmljoxvlyldmiiizw277?ref_src=embed\">@aboutsignal.com<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:hhqkzmljoxvlyldmiiizw277\/post\/3m4n6iz43742u?ref_src=embed\">2 november 2025 om 10:21<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WhatsApp sieht eine Menge \u00fcber dich \u2013 und das ist kein Witz.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":54966,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>What was meant as an innocent joke ended in a global privacy controversy for WhatsApp. WhatsApp posted on X \u201c<em>people who end messages with \u201clol\u201d we see you, we honor you<\/em>\u201c, after which reactions and criticism erupted. And rightly so, because WhatsApp really can see a lot about you. Signal can\u2019t.<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The \u201cjoke\u201d by WhatsApp has now been viewed more than 14 million times:<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:html -->\n<center><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">people who end messages with \u201clol\u201d we see you, we honor you<\/p>&mdash; WhatsApp (@WhatsApp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhatsApp\/status\/1982919416456364374?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 27, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center>\n<!-- \/wp:html -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The tweet sparked a lot of reactions:<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"lightbox\":{\"enabled\":false},\"id\":54960,\"sizeSlug\":\"full\",\"linkDestination\":\"custom\",\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WhatsApp\/status\/1982919416456364374\"><img src=\"https:\/\/aboutsignal.com\/files\/signal-app-whatsapp-x-we-see-you.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54960\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WhatsApp can see a lot about you<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><br>After the social media manager at WhatsApp saw that the \u201cjoke\u201d had failed, they quickly tried to defend it. In doing so, WhatsApp pulled its well-known trick of telling only half the story: WhatsApp keeps stressing that messages are end-to-end encrypted and private, but doesn\u2019t mention that they can still see many other things, such as metadata.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>WhatsApp can also see your profile photo, information about yourself, group names, and the descriptions of your communities and groups, as stated in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/legal\/privacy-policy-eea\">WhatsApp\u2019s privacy policy<\/a>:<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:quote -->\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u201cYou may also provide content that is not encrypted which <strong>means that we can see it<\/strong>. This includes your profile picture, your \"about\" information and names and descriptions of your communities and groups.\u201d<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/blockquote>\n<!-- \/wp:quote -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WhatsApp can and wants to see even more of you<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Another trick WhatsApp uses is gradually building more features into the app that are not end-to-end encrypted, allowing WhatsApp to collect and see even more data about you.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A recent example of this is Channels. In the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/legal\/channels-privacy-policy-eea\/\">supplementary privacy policy for WhatsApp Channels<\/a>, it states that WhatsApp collects and sees literally everything about you: which content you view, how you react, which features you use, for how long, when, your searches, and everything about your followers. They also collect everything shared in channels, such as&nbsp;text, videos, photos, documents, links, gifs, stickers, audio content and polls.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Signal sees nothing<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><br>Signal\u2019s President Meredith Whittaker also joined the discussion and posted \u201cThey see your metadata, they mean. At Signal? We see nothing. Check our open source code if you want the receipts\u2764\ufe0f\u201d<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A bit later, she added a spot-on comparison with a clip from Succession:<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:html -->\n<center><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWe tested this, Greg!\u201d<br><br> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/21jrcsTDJZ\">pic.twitter.com\/21jrcsTDJZ<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Meredith Whittaker (@mer__edith) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mer__edith\/status\/1984628231874785413?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 1, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center>\n<!-- \/wp:html -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Do you have WhatsApp but want to make sure no one\u2019s watching? Then switch to Signal! <\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/signal.org\/install\">Download Signal for free via your app store<\/a>.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Also read and share:<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/aboutsignal.com\/blog\/why-use-signal-the-benefits-of-signal-messenger-for-you\/\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/aboutsignal.com\/blog\/why-use-signal-the-benefits-of-signal-messenger-for-you\/\">Why use Signal? The benefits of Signal for you<\/a><\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/aboutsignal.com\/blog\/how-to-switch-from-whatsapp-to-signal\/\">How to switch from WhatsApp to Signal<\/a><\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:html -->\n<center><blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:hhqkzmljoxvlyldmiiizw277\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3m4n6iz43742u\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreifguin4rwpfd5fe3xu6etnl7ctunam5rzbpsspu5dm4pj5sh2ohcy\" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode=\"system\"><p lang=\"\">#signal #signalapp #signalmessenger #whatsapp #privacy<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:hhqkzmljoxvlyldmiiizw277\/post\/3m4n6iz43742u?ref_src=embed\">[image or embed]<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Signal News &amp; Tips (<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:hhqkzmljoxvlyldmiiizw277?ref_src=embed\">@aboutsignal.com<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:hhqkzmljoxvlyldmiiizw277\/post\/3m4n6iz43742u?ref_src=embed\">2 november 2025 om 10:21<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center>\n<!-- \/wp:html -->","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[34,35],"class_list":["post-54959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-signal","tag-whatsapp"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>WhatsApp\u2019s \u2018We see you\u2019 joke sparks global privacy backlash - AboutSignal.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"WhatsApp thought it was making a \u2018We see you\u2019 joke on social media, but unintentionally revealed that it really does see a lot about you. 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