"Whittaker acknowledges that WhatsApp licenses Signal’s end-to-end encryption technology. Nevertheless, a lot of personal and intimate information isn’t protected. According to Signal’s president, this involves users’ location data, contact lists, when they send someone a message, when they stop, what users are in their group chats, their profile picture, and much more.

“These differences may be marketing gloss to Meta, but to us, they’re fundamental life or death issues that the public deserves to understand so they can make an informed choice,” Whittaker concludes.

On Sunday, WhatsApp sent a message to Dutch users stating that the company can’t read their messages, including text and voice messages, photos, videos, and calls.

“They are protected by end-to-end encryption because we are always committed to protecting your privacy,” the note reads."

https://cybernews.com/news/whatsapp-signal-executives-battle/

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