Apple removes Advanced Data Protection for iCloud in the UK after the government ordered it to build a backdoor, something the company says it will never do
Better no security than a false sense of one. Ari Cohn / @aricohn.com : Apple's UK user data is now more vulnerable. It's not Apple's fault; they're PROTECTING users by not giving a false sense of se...
Meta says WhatsApp now has more than 100M MAUs in the US and that more than 50% of WhatsApp users in the country have an iPhone; WhatsApp has 2B+ MAUs globally
Watch Out iMessage Sheena Vasani / The Verge : WhatsApp now has 100 million monthly users in the US GSMArena.com : WhatsApp reaches 100 million monthly users in the US Mahmoud Itani / Android Authorit...
Meta's Head of WhatsApp, Will Cathcart, says the service would refuse to comply with the UK's Online Safety Bill requirements to remove end-to-end encryption
WhatsApp launches proxy support globally, letting users with blocked or disrupted connections use the app via servers set up by volunteers and organizations
If you are unable to connect directly to WhatsApp, a proxy can be used … The Hacker News : WhatsApp Introduces Proxy Support to Help Users Bypass Internet Censorship Jon Porter / The Verge : WhatsApp ...
WhatsApp head Will Cathcart warns UK ministers against undermining encryption in the Online Safety Bill, arguing the move would embolden authoritarian regimes
Moves to undermine messaging encryption could embolden hostile nation states, Will Cathcart says Tweets: @webdevlaw , @mattnavarra , @webdevlaw , @webdevlaw , and @pt Tweets: Heather Burns / @webdevla...
WhatsApp chief Will Cathcart: the Digital Markets Act could upend encryption, privacy, and product design while increasing spam, misinformation, and hate speech
WhatsApp chief Will Cathcart on how the Digital Markets Act could upend encryption, privacy, and product design
Security researchers say Apple and EU plans to monitor phones for illicit material are ineffective and could embolden government surveillance
In August, Apple announced a system to check all our iPhones for illegal images … Jordan Robertson / Bloomberg : Apple's Child-Porn Tracking System Is Flawed, Report Says arXiv.org : Bugs in our Pocke...
Interview with Will Cathcart on the criticism of humans reviewing reported WhatsApp content, encrypted backups, and the broader geopolitics of e2e encryption
After a contentious year, candid talk on encryption, privacy, and ProPublica — It has been a contentious year for WhatsApp.
[Thread] WhatsApp says Apple's approach to CSAM is a setback to user privacy, will be more fraught outside the US; WhatsApp flagged 400K+ cases to NCMEC in 2020
even photos you haven't shared with anyone. That's not privacy. Will Cathcart / @wcathcart : We've worked hard to ban and report people who traffic in it based on appropriate measures, like making it ...
WhatsApp CEO says they had recorded an attack against 1,400 users over a two-week period in 2019, casting doubts on NSO's defense against Pegasus project claims
Will Cathcart claims government officials around the world among 1,400 WhatsApp users targeted in 2019