See Pavel Durov, founder of Telegal, downloads on WhatsApp and other Facebook platforms should not surprise anyone. He did it in May of last year, in a statement entitled "Why WhatsApp Won't Be Safe", and shortly after another, in which he urged the world to discard the world's most used messaging app.
But I'm not happy with that, and I incorrectly use the latest debate about WhatsApp in the background the world's richest mobile phone Leave me with a simple message, Pavel Durov is back in the case.
According to a press release from Telgra.ph Durov says in November last year he has already predicted that something similar to what Jeff Bezos is suffering will happen, and points out that organizations such as the United Nations have already prevented their officials from continuing to use WhatsApp to explain that, even though there is an end-to-end encryption system, WhatsApp is far from being a secure messaging app.
WhatsApp end encryption is not enough
According to Durov, even if WhatsApp means that risk allowing access to Jeff Bezos & # 39; iPhone content it was an apple thingNot long after it was discovered that, in fact, the gap existed on WhatsApp, and that it affected both the iPhone and the Amazon founder, as well as the edges with Android and Windows Phone.
While still unknown the root cause of this security breach, the developer of the paper flight messaging app does not hesitate to show part of the responsibility to end-to-end encryption end used by WhatsApp -, on the other hand, the Telegraph has also been using it for years.
"The Telegraph introduced end-to-end encryption many years before WhatsApp did the same, and we looked not only at the strength, but also the limitations of this technology."
And while this kind of secrecy is a simple and reliable security mechanism, Durov says that there are other features that can make the final encryption turn to nothing. by accident ”or potential failure in the operation of security measures such as encryption.
“In the last year alone, 12 security breaches have been detected on WhatsApp. Seven of them were critical, as Jeff Bezos suffered. Some would say that WhatsApp is still much safer despite the announcement of 7 houses in the past 12 months, but that is not statistically significant. "
In conclusion, Durov refers to the fact that The Telegraph is a request open source his code is available to everyone, while the WhatsApp code is confidential and no one knows what security measures or components are actually installing. Therefore, he urges everyone to "avoid taking anyone's word for granted."
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