WhatsApp recently sent a message via WhatsApp itself about privacy and end-to-end encryption, but why?
Quinten Jochems
WhatsApp users recently received a message about privacy and end-to-end encryption, but why actually? You can read that in this article. And read here if you are curious what you have about Meta Ai in WhatsApp.
What is end-to-end encryption?
The link in the message you received leads users to the WhatsApp privacy page. There it is explained what steps WhatsApp takes to protect your privacy and what you can do yourself to make your WhatsApp more private. In the message there is focus on end-to-end encryption, but what is that? With end-to-end encryption, personal messages and calls remain between you and the person with whom you communicate. Nobody outside of your chat can therefore read, listen to or share, not even WhatsApp.
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This is probably due to the transfer wave to Signal, because end-to-end encryption is not a new function of WhatsApp and has been present for a while. A lot of people suspect that despite the end-to-end encryption WhatsApps parent company Meta still collects this information. Because of these suspicions, many people switch to Signal that privacy takes very seriously. With this message, WhatsApp wants to reassure and convince users to stay on WhatsApp.