WhatsApp Sued Over Fake Encryption Claims

WhatsApp just got sued for allegedly lying about end-to-end encryption, with claims that Meta employees can access any user's messages through a simple internal request. While the lawsuit provides no technical proof, we'll show you the confirmed privacy issues with WhatsApp and explain why closed-source encryption is fundamentally untrustworthy.

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Henry Fisher — Henry Fisher went to the deep end of privacy and came back to show you the part that counts. Over a decade helping people take back control of their digital lives—privacy, security, and digital rights, made simple.

Henry Fisher — Henry Fisher went to the deep end of privacy and came back to show you the part that counts. Over a decade helping people take back control of their digital lives—privacy, security, and digital rights, made simple.

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