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		jsfitzsimmons on April 12, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: On Growing: Lessons from the Story of WeChat Does it have end to end encryption though? That's kind of a killer feature.

xanderstrike on April 12, 2017 | [–]

No it has built-in tools for sharing your messages with state actors.

eric_h on April 12, 2017 | [–]

Other posts here suggest that WeChat actively censors posts, including in private chat, at the behest of the government, so no.

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