US Authorities Investigate Claims That Meta Can Access Encrypted WhatsApp Messages
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US authorities are reportedly investigating claims that Meta can access encrypted WhatsApp messages, following a lawsuit alleging the company can read virtually all private communications on the platform. Meta has denied the allegations, calling them "categorically false and absurd," and suggested the lawsuit is a tactic to support NSO Group, an Israeli spyware firm that recently lost a case against WhatsApp. The investigation centers on whether Meta has backdoor access to encrypted chats despite WhatsApp's end-to-end encryption claims.
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The reports follow a lawsuit filed last week, which claimed Meta 'can access virtually all of WhatsApp users' purportedly 'private' communications'.
Meta has denied the allegation, reported by Bloomberg, calling the lawsuit's claim 'categorically false and absurd'.
It suggested the claim was a tactic to support the NSO Group, an Israeli firm that develops spyware used against activists and journalists, and which recently lost a lawsuit brought by WhatsApp.
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