WhatsApp is speaking directly to billions of people around the world with an extremely important announcement that it published yesterday, and this is because it brings to the attention of all people that its messaging platform is more secure than SMS, and other methods of communication.
WhatsApp says that in the US they tried to stop its promotional campaign through which it was made known to people that every day 5.5 billion SMS are sent between people, and none of them benefit from any encryption, as is the case in the case of its platform.
According to those from WhatsApp Messenger, sending an SMS is equivalent to sending an open e-mail, and they try to explain to people how great the security risks are when it comes to communication that does not benefit from encryption, therefore implicitly protection against spying .
WhatsApp Messenger is not the only messaging platform that offers encryption for the messages that people send, and it certainly won't be the last, but even so, it's important that when you choose a platform, its another, to be sure that it offers you everything you need in terms of encryption.
We believe that private "almost" is not good enough. Earlier this year, there was an attempt to stop our privacy notices. In the US, more than 5,5 billion text messages are sent every day, and none of them are protected by end-to-end encryption.
Sending an SMS is the same as sending an open email. We made this announcement because we believe that everyone should understand the risks to their privacy when sending SMS messages and know that they have other, safer options.
We believe 'almost' private isn't good enough. Earlier this year, there was an attempt to stop our privacy ads.
In the US over 5.5 billion SMS are sent each day and none are protected by end-to-end encryption.
Sending an SMS is just like sending an open piece of mail.
- WhatsApp (@WhatsApp) October 13, 2022
