WhatsApp has already started working on interoperability with other messaging apps following EU crackdown on gatekeeper services

SUMMARY

  • The EU has identified WhatsApp as a gatekeeper in the messaging industry and has given it a few months to enable interoperability with other apps.
  • The EU’s Digital Markets Act aims to promote fair competition and give consumers more options for alternative services.
  • WhatsApp has already begun working on interoperability with other apps, potentially allowing smaller players like Signal to compete more fairly.
    • Tywèle [she|her]@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      13·
      1 year ago

      I fear that Signal won’t implement cross compatibility for WhatsApp since they already said that they are not a fan of potentially giving up E2EE to get it to work. And I can understand that but I still really would like to have the cross compatibility.

      • Zak@lemmy.worldEnglish
        20·
        1 year ago

        I hope Signal doesn’t if it won’t be E2EE. I like knowing that if it’s in Signal, it’s E2EE, and being able to tell less technically sophisticated people to whom I recommend Signal that everything in it is secure against eavesdropping.

    • Tomrot@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      1 year ago

      Signal and also lots of other privacy focused messenger-services (threema e.g.) already said the will not implement this forced interoperability since it will lower their already high standards regarding their users privacy. Sad but i guess it makes sense :(

      • Fushuan [he/him]@lemm.eeEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        So users of those apps will have to install the even less secure apps to converse with “normies”. Great move.

    • woelkchen@lemmy.worldEnglish
      87·
      1 year ago

      I’m not sure they can provided the e2ee gurantees since whatsapp is closed source.

      Uh, news flash: Signal and Meta are business partners and WhatsApp (just as Facebook Messenger) uses Signal’s encryption:

      The ability to sell proprietary versions of Signal libraries is literally the reason for Signal’s Contributor License Agreement: https://signal.org/cla/