WhatsApp faces class-action lawsuit alleging encryption backdoor for Meta
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Adrian Găitan
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The article alleges that WhatsApp's end-to-end encryption claims are fraudulent, citing a 2026 post by Telegram founder Pavel Durov who called it "the biggest consumer fraud in history." It reports that a class-action lawsuit was filed in San Francisco federal court alleging WhatsApp maintains a backdoor giving Meta access to user messages. The article presents mathematical arguments to support the claim that WhatsApp's encryption is not truly private.
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Hacker NewsWhatsApp faces class-action lawsuit alleging encryption backdoor for Metamedium.comKey quotes
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Despite its claims, it reads users' messages and shares them with third parties. Telegram has never done this — and never will.
The green padlock is real. The privacy it implies is not.
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