Lawsuit Alleges That WhatsApp Has No End-to-End Encryption

Longtime Slashdot reader schwit1 shares a report from PCMag: A lawsuit claims that WhatsApp's end-to-end encryption is a sham, and is demanding damages, but the app's parent company, Meta, calls the claims "false and absurd." The lawsuit was filed in a San Francisco US district court on Friday and comes from a group of users based in countries such as Australia, Mexico, and South Africa, according to Bloomberg.As evidence, the lawsuit cites unnamed "courageous whistleblowers" who allege that Wha