WhatsApp. A very important function of the application is in the sights of the authorities to be prohibited by law, which would leave many users without protection in front of the state authorities. More precisely, the US authorities are currently discussing the prohibition by law of the encryption of conversations carried on by WhatsApp users, but not only them, but also those of iMessage, Facebook Messenger, Telegram, and other messaging platforms.
WhatsApp. Discussions of this kind have been held over time in many countries, and the big IT companies have always opposed legislation of this kind, but this time we are talking about the USA and Donald Trump. Officials from the White House met within the US National Security Council with representatives from other institutions and federal agencies to discuss whether WhatsApp, or other messaging platforms, will be seriously hit.
WhatsApp. The MAJOR function that the Authorities want to BAN
WhatsApp. Banning by law the encryption of communications would allow the US federal agencies, FBI, NSA, Homeland Security, or even the CIA to intercept any kind of messages sent by people over the Internet. The US Congress would be the one to initiate a law of this kind, if necessary, and then WhatsApp, and many other messaging platforms, will be fiercely opposed by the companies that created them and now control them.
"Senior Trump administration officials met on Wednesday to discuss whether to seek legislation prohibiting tech companies from using forms of encryption that law enforcement can't break. The encryption challenge, which the government calls "going dark," was the focus of a National Security Council meeting Wednesday morning that included the No. 2 officials from several key agencies."
WhatsApp. Of course, even at the moment platforms of this kind are not encrypted exactly as they should be, Facebook being often accused that its messages can be intercepted without problems. In the case of iMessage this is impossible, Telegram being in the same situation, but WhatsApp, and many others, do not have communications as secure as they should be, or as many of their users would like.
WhatsApp. Even if it is now being discussed about a possible ban by law on the encryption of messages sent between users, it is difficult to say what the real chances are that laws of this kind will actually be adopted.
