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Then the PR worked. The partnership was announced but the encryption isn't enabled yet.

I don't think that's correct. I was going off of WhisperSystem's announcement[0] where they say:

"Your messages may already be encrypted. The most recent WhatsApp Android client release includes support for the TextSecure encryption protocol, and billions of encrypted messages are being exchanged daily."

[0] https://whispersystems.org/blog/whatsapp/

It's not clear to me at all from that quote - I want to know that my communication is encrypted end-to-end, not that it may be encrypted. The rest of their statement is marketing speak.

(Not negative toward you, of course; you're just quoting)

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