Lawsuit claims WhatsApp encryption is a lie; cryptography professor weighs in
Published: (February 3, 2026 at 07:13 AM EST)
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Source: 9to5Mac
Source: 9to5Mac
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Both the founders of WhatsApp and current owner Meta state that the app uses end-to-end encryption, meaning that nobody outside the chat can access the content. A lawsuit claims that this isn’t true and that anyone inside Meta can get full access to all of the messages sent or received by any WhatsA…