Security News > 2022 > October > Interview with Signal’s New President
2022-10-20 11:47
WhatsApp uses the Signal encryption protocol to provide encryption for its messages.
WhatsApp does not protect metadata the way that Signal does.
It doesn't have your profile information and it has introduced group encryption protections.
WhatsApp, on the other hand, collects the information about your profile, your profile photo, who is talking to whom, who is a group member.
Facebook has a huge amount, just unspeakable volumes, of intimate information about billions of people across the globe.
The choice to remove or enhance the encryption protocols is still in the hands of Facebook.
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