WhatsApp ‘will never be secure’, says Telegram founder
On Tuesday, WhatsApp told its users to upgrade the app to plug a security hole. – EPA pic, May 16, 2019.
THE Russian founder of popular messaging app Telegram has warned that WhatsApp, the world’s top messaging app, will continue to be open to surveillance after the Facebook-owned platform had to tell users that their phones could be infected with spyware. Pavel Durov, a maverick programmer who created Telegram to offer securely encrypted communications, yesterday posted a blog titled “Why WhatsApp will never be secure”.
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