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Unlike Signal, WhatsApp provides no cryptographic management for group messages

2025-05-082025-05-08 Danie
A hand holding a smartphone displaying the WhatsApp welcome screen, featuring the logo and a brief description of the app's features.

It shows yet again that marketing end-to-end-encryption (E2EE) is not the be-all and the end-all when it comes to security and privacy. It’s the edges (client devices) and group chats etc where there could be […]

Blogprivacy, security, technology, whatsapp

WhatsApp will likely set the global standard for messaging interoperability: This is Why and possibly What

2023-09-142023-09-14 Danie
Blue Signal circle logo on the left, with green WhatsApp logo with telehone handset in middle, and on the right is the blue Telegram logo with a white paper aeroplane depicted in the logo

The world already has quite a few good open-source, E2EE and secure messaging protocols like XMPP, Signal, MTProto, Wickr, Wire, and more. But none have ended up dominating across messaging apps. Also, there is no […]

Bloginteroperability, messaging, technology, whatsapp

What is WhatsApp Plus, and how does it differ from WhatsApp?

2023-09-132023-09-13 Danie
Round blue logo with a thick white border, and a V-shaped teardrop at the bottom left. In the centre of the blue circle is a while outline of an old phone handle.

A concern over WhatsApp is the inability to control your public privacy (especially as it’s Terms of Service still include passing your metadata upstream to Meta). Contacts who pay close attention can learn more about […]

Blogprivacy, technology, whatsapp

Thank You EU: WhatsApp working on cross-platform interoperability with other messengers

2023-09-112023-09-11 Danie
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The European Union has recently reached an agreement on a significant competition reform known as the Digital Markets Act (DMA), which will impose strict rules on large tech companies that will have to offer users […]

BlogEU, interoperability, privacy, technology, whatsapp

WhatsApp launches Channels feature for broadcast messages, long after Telegram, but plans to monetise it

2023-06-082023-06-08 Danie
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Seems the broadcast feature will work very similarly to Telegram’s broadcast channels in that an unlimited number of users can subscribe, but communication is broadcast one-way without any replies or comments from subscribers. This is […]

Blogbroadcasting, technology, whatsapp
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