Texas AG sues Meta over claims that WhatsApp doesn't provide E2EE
4 hours ago
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- #encryption
- #privacy
- Texas Attorney General sues Meta over WhatsApp's encryption claims, alleging it does not provide true end-to-end encryption as promised.
- Meta has publicly stated that WhatsApp uses end-to-end encryption since 2016, preventing anyone, including the platform, from reading plaintext messages.
- CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified in 2018 that Meta does not see WhatsApp content, relying on the Signal protocol for encryption, which experts have verified.
- Texas AG claims Meta's statements are false, accusing the company of accessing unencrypted WhatsApp messages and deceiving users about privacy.
- Meta denies the allegations, calling them 'baseless' and plans to defend against the lawsuit in court.
- The evidence cited includes a Bloomberg article reporting the abrupt closure of a U.S. Commerce Department investigation into Meta's access to encrypted messages.