WhatsApp finally rolls out dark mode in beta; is it an effort to make up for security breaches?

These are bleak times for WhatsApp, but the Facebook-owned messaging platform is seemingly going ahead with the rollout of a dark theme. Last week, WhatsApp was forced to issue an acknowledgment that the accounts of some human rights lawyers, journalists, and opposition politicians were targeted by hackers using the Pegasus spyware tool.

It issued a clarification that the security breach was quickly resolved through a software patch. This could be followed by a cosmetic upgrade that has long been in the works: dark mode.