WhatsApp can tell on you without snooping

With the government notifying new, stricter guidelines for social media companies, which includes messaging apps, once again a debate has started whether this means breaking of end-to-end encryption by WhatsApp, which would have to break the secrecy of private conversations amongst individuals.

The government has asked companies to disclose the first originator of what is deemed as mischievous messages by the government.

Some legal experts maintain that by asking messaging apps like WhatsApp to trace the origin of messages, the government is in a way trying to snoop on private conversations and for this encryption needs to be broken.