WhatsApp messages are end-to-end encrypted is a lie, claims a new report
India Today
A report by ProPublica claims that WhatsApp messages are not end-to-end encrypted. It further claims that Facebook has made massive assurances about end-to-end encryption, but that's not true.
WhatsApp messages are end-to-end encrypted, even when you use a multi-device. It has been something that has been repeated again and again. This is also something that we tech reporters have said time and again. However, a new report now claims that WhatsApp messages are not end-to-end encrypted, and on top of that, it adds that Facebook views the content of messages on the platform. The explosive claim has been made by ProPublica, which in a lengthy piece talks about how Facebook has been heavily marketing end-to-end encryption for WhatsApp since 2016, the year when the end-to-end encryption came into effect.
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