No Privacy: Musk Smashes WhatsApp Messenger Security
Elon Musk, following Pavel Durov, criticized WhatsApp.
The entrepreneur warned about the dangers of using the messenger from the Meta Platforms* corporation.
On the social network X**, users discussed the reliability of WhatsApp in terms of protecting user data.
Musk joined the discussion and expressed an opinion not in favor of the popular messenger.
The billionaire disabused those who believed that end-to-end encryption in WhatsApp could protect the content of correspondence from third parties.
The businessman believes that the service only provides the illusion of privacy: “WhatsApp is not secure at all.”
The discussion began with one of the users complaining about receiving advertisements on the Internet that were related to the topics discussed in the chats.
In China, WhatsApp is viewed negatively by the authorities. They forced Apple to remove the Meta Platforms* messenger from the AppStore.
This decision was made by the Chinese authorities for “national security reasons.”
Earlier it became known that scammers began to force Russians to reset their phones to factory settings for one purpose.
*The activities of Meta (social networks Facebook and Instagram) are banned in Russia as extremist.
**The social network is blocked in Russia at the request of the Prosecutor General's Office.
