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.