Legal action and renewed public criticism are once again raising questions about WhatsApp’s privacy and end-to-end encryption claims. Recent developments suggest that the way encrypted messaging platforms operate at massive scale may not be as straightforward as many users assume.
The debate gained wider attention after high-profile commentary pushed the issue into the mainstream, highlighting ongoing concerns about transparency, metadata collection, and user trust in closed messaging ecosystems.
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Suddenly?
Indeed; the time to suddenly stop was in 2014, when they were acquired by Facebook.
This was when many of us argued that the end game in acquiring them was precisely what we’ve since discovered. This “news” was obvious over a decade ago, and people were warned.