191
submitted 7 months ago by Blaze@piefed.zip to c/privacy@programming.dev

An international group of plaintiffs is suing Meta, alleging that WhatsApp's end-to-end encryption isn't actually private. Lawyers are asking the court to certify a class-action.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 3 points 7 months ago

Imagine a scenario where your app checks for stuff, say links to a competitor's website, prior to encrypting and sending the message. Then, if such information was found, it notifies someone. This would still be genuine end to end encryption while still snooping on messages.

this post was submitted on 27 Jan 2026
191 points (99.5% liked)

Privacy

5082 readers
265 users here now

Icon base by Lorc under CC BY 3.0 with modifications to add a gradient

founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS