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.
    • woelkchen@lemmy.worldEnglish
      63·
      10 months ago

      so we can’t make guarantees about WhatsApp conversation participants.

      “We” can’t but Signal, who work on WhatApp’s source code, can: https://signal.org/blog/there-is-no-whatsapp-backdoor/

      tldr: When contacts have verified each other, communication is secure.

      If you think that Signal can’t be trusted, you should not use their client either.

        • woelkchen@lemmy.worldEnglish
          53·
          10 months ago

          signal may have given a fully vetted and correct implementation to whatsapp

          They were not “given” it. They are literally the contractor who worked on that: “Over the past year, we’ve been progressively rolling out Signal Protocol support for all WhatsApp communication across all WhatsApp clients.” –https://signal.org/blog/whatsapp-complete/

          but because its closed source we don’t know if it has changed, or if its really implemented on all conversations.

          I’m not an encryption developer. I can’t vet this for Signal’s own app either.