Lawsuit Claims WhatsApp Privacy Promises Are Misleading
🔐 LAWSUIT CLAIMS WHATSAPP IS NOT AS PRIVATE AS PROMISED An international group of plaintiffs has sued Meta Platforms, claiming the company has misled users about the privacy and security of WhatsApp messages. 🔒 END-TO-END ENCRYPTION UNDER FIRE Meta has long promoted WhatsApp’s “end-to-end encryption” as a core feature. This type of encryption is supposed to ensure that only the sender and the recipient can read messages — not WhatsApp, and not Meta. By default, WhatsApp tells users that “only people in this chat can read, listen to, or share” their messages. ⚖️ PLAINTIFFS SAY META’S CLAIMS ARE FALSE In a lawsuit filed Friday in U.S. District Court in San Francisco, the plaintiffs argue that Meta’s privacy promises...