Founder of the Telegram messaging app Pavel Durov criticized WhatsApp* (owned by the Meta** group, whose activities are banned in Russia for extremism) for having many vulnerabilities and low security. This is what he is talking about wrote in X.
Thus, Durov responded to the news that an international group of plaintiffs sued Meta** (the company's activities are banned in Russia for extremism) on charges of fraud due to the company's access to users' correspondence. According to him, “you have to be an idiot” to believe in the security of WhatsApp*.
“You would have to be a complete idiot to believe that WhatsApp* will be secure in 2026. After analyzing how WhatsApp* implements its “encryption,” we discovered multiple attack vectors,” he wrote.
Previously, Telegram blocked more than 300,000 groups and channels in a single day.
*belongs to the Meta group, a group banned from operating in Russia because it is considered extremist.
**The company's activities are banned in Russia as extremist.
