WhatsApp has actively been saying it uses the Signal protocol and that they cannot read your messages, the files you send or listen on your calls. It does that on its own Status feature, its blog, channel and even website ads (which worked on tech-illiterate people that can’t use an adblocker)
At least in the Netherlands, it’s very actively pushing a “You don’t need Signal, just us” message.
It’s trending backwards tbh. Last year I got most of my friends to use Signal, but they for some reason uninstalled en masse this month
WhatsApp has actively been saying it uses the Signal protocol and that they cannot read your messages, the files you send or listen on your calls. It does that on its own Status feature, its blog, channel and even website ads (which worked on tech-illiterate people that can’t use an adblocker)
At least in the Netherlands, it’s very actively pushing a “You don’t need Signal, just us” message.
Oh wow
Or as one Dutch news aggregator put it: A charm-offensive