Okay, but who prevents me to exchanging a private key irl and sending encrypted messages over Whatsapp?

Whatsapp would turn off that feature for EU countries the same day the law goes through

	▲	layla5alive 8 hours ago \| parent [-]
		They mean doing their own encryption prior to sending the message to whatsapp with a one time pad - a one time pad is secure - but the answer would be "a boatload of inconvenience"