How does the WhatsApp web client still work with the latest iOS update (SDK version 13.0+)?

Question

Dark mode support was added to version 2.20.31 (released in March of 2020) of the WhatsApp client. This is an iOS 13-only feature, and from the look & feel it appears to

Answer 1

I've asked eurodev support about this and just received:

At this point we don’t have any additional information about the unrestricted entitlement that you are asking about. The only information that’s available is linked here.

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/bundleresources/entitlements

Pushing back to them to get more info.

Thanks.

Answer 2

This is WhatsApp latest entitlements file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>com.apple.developer.icloud-container-identifiers</key>
    <array>
        <string>57T9237FN3.net.whatsapp.WhatsApp</string>
    </array>
    <key>com.apple.developer.pushkit.unrestricted-voip</key>
    <true/>
    <key>com.apple.developer.ubiquity-container-identifiers</key>
    <array>
        <string>57T9237FN3.net.whatsapp.WhatsApp</string>
    </array>
    <key>application-identifier</key>
    <string>UKFA9XBX6K.net.whatsapp.WhatsApp</string>
    <key>com.apple.developer.carplay-messaging</key>
    <true/>
    <key>aps-environment</key>
    <string>production</string>
    <key>com.apple.developer.icloud-container-environment</key>
    <string>Production</string>
    <key>com.apple.developer.associated-domains</key>
    <array>
        <string>applinks:api.whatsapp.com</string>
        <string>applinks:v.whatsapp.com</string>
        <string>applinks:chat.whatsapp.com</string>
        <string>applinks:wa.me</string>
    </array>
    <key>com.apple.developer.siri</key>
    <true/>
    <key>com.apple.developer.team-identifier</key>
    <string>57T9237FN3</string>
    <key>com.apple.developer.icloud-services</key>
    <array>
        <string>CloudDocuments</string>
        <string>CloudKit</string>
    </array>
    <key>com.apple.security.application-groups</key>
    <array>
        <string>group.net.whatsapp.WhatsApp.shared</string>
        <string>group.com.facebook.family</string>
        <string>group.net.whatsapp.WhatsApp.private</string>
        <string>group.net.whatsapp.WhatsAppSMB.shared</string>
        <string>group.net.whatsapp.family</string>
    </array>
</dict>
</plist>

This specific entitlement seems to be the reason that they are allowed to not report an incoming call:

com.apple.developer.pushkit.unrestricted-voip

I can't find any documentation regarding this entitlement, so I'm pretty sure they have been given a special permission by Apple.