A new controversy has erupted around the messaging app as Telegram founder Pavel Durov publicly criticized WhatsApp’s encryption scheme. Durov sharply described WhatsApp’s encryption as a “huge fraud” inciting a broader discussion about the role that privacy plays in modern messaging applications. Durov bases his criticism on a recent law breakthrough which, in his words, exposes another gap in WhatsApp’s privacy claims. The lawsuit was a hot topic last month, and he highlighted one state’s suit as an example, WhatsApp “deceived its users” about the security of their communications, from the state of Texas. The key part of this claim
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