Three ways the European Union might ruin WhatsApp - The Verge

End-to-end encryption has become WhatsApp’s signature project under Will Cathcart, and the Digital Markets Act might threaten that — among other things. Is compatibility compatible with privacy — or competition, for that matter?

Today, lets talk about Europes aggressive move to require big online messaging services to be interoperable, and see how WhatsApp is thinking about the contradictory mandates its receiving from regul… [+9836 chars]

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