Encryption & Backdoors

Messaging app Telegram’s founder Pavel Durov has launched attack on rival WhatsApp alleging that the latter’s systems are not as secure as made out to be.

In a blogpost titled ‘Why using WhatsApp is dangerous’, Mr Durov said WhatsApp marketed end-to-end encryption as some magic that alone is supposed to automatically make all communications secure. “However, this technology is not a silver bullet that can guarantee you absolute privacy by itself,” he said.