WhatsApp head-to-head encryption is a lie

According to reports, WhatsApp head-to-head encryption is not valid, and the company has access to users’ private messages through its employees.

According to the news, WhatsApp privacy policies and regulations were updated in the first days of this year, followed by discussions that users’ content and their private messages will be made available to WhatsApp, as well as Facebook to these messages through WhatsApp access was introduced.

WhatsApp head-to-head encryption makes it impossible to access private messages

The statement was denied by WhatsApp, which said Facebook and WhatsApp were unable to access users’ private content and messages due to head-to-head encryption. But ProPublica, a non-profit organization, said in its latest report that users’ content and private messages can be accessed from Facebook and WhatsApp.

The report states that before the message is sent by the user, he is faced with an automatic message stating that no one can access the messages outside of chat and WhatsApp. The user is shocked to read this message, but it must be said that this message is not true and WhatsApp has already hired more than a thousand employees to review the content of users.

These employees use a software to access images, private messages and videos that have been reported as inappropriate messages, and WhatsApp AI systems also examine the content. It should be noted that employees can make decisions in less than a minute about the content they have access to.

Access to private content if you select the Report button

The report also states that it is not possible to check images, videos and chats by WhatsApp AI due to WhatsApp head-to-head encryption. This is also true, ‌ but when the report button is selected by the user, WhatsApp employees have access to private content and they can decide whether to follow the law in the submitted content.

Geez Modo Nir has stated that the review and access to illegal content is approved by most users. But WhatsApp access is not restricted to illegal content, and according to WhatsApp reviewers, these messengers can also access normal messages through their artificial intelligence system. Upon receipt of the reported content, reviewers will be able to access the last 5 chat messages.

A WhatsApp spokesperson said that the application has been developed in such a way that data collection is minimized. We have also tried to create tools to investigate threats using user reports, and to prevent the spread of unwanted content.

Although the statement did not comment on WhatsApp head-to-head encryption, the statement said: “We are confident that WhatsApp users understand the access to the reported content. It should be noted that if these statements are true, WhatsApp and Facebook must answer many questions.