airwhale, 1 year ago

@praveen

So, why (except the massive public outrage) isn't WhatsApp on this list? Did Meta provide a backdoor for the Indian Government or otherwise cripple the E2E encryption that app uses?

praveen, 1 year ago

@airwhale
"The fact that Indian authorities were able to pinpoint and pick out a WhatsApp number from a city has led cybersecurity experts to infer that it is plausible that the metadata from the popular messaging platform is being used for mass surveillance."

https://scroll.in/article/1044425/how-a-cross-border-love-story-illustrates-the-extent-of-whatsapp-surveillance-in-india

airwhale, 1 year ago

@praveen

Ah, good. The government is known to be holding on to surveillance opportunities, might come in handy 🙃

dangercake, 1 year ago

@praveen please no one let them know that terrorists also eat food