Does WhatsApp read your messages?
No — WhatsApp cannot read your message contents, because chats are end-to-end encrypted by default; only you and the recipient hold the keys. What it can still see is metadata: Minimal: messages are E2EE, but Meta retains extensive metadata (phone number, contacts, device/IP, timestamps, group membership, who-talks-to-whom).
Even when contents are encrypted, the service usually still sees who you talk to and when. WhatsApp's identifier model: Phone number (verified by SMS/call); linked devices share the account. RVNT removes the server from the equation entirely — peer-to-peer, sealed sender, Tor by default: RVNT vs WhatsApp.