Whatsapp approval that the messenger uses end-to-end encryption and none of the company’s employees can read user messages, are a lie. Such conclusions came journalists of independent online publication Propublica. In his investigation, they talked about hundreds of moderators who read millions of posts every day and transmit them to special services and other US government authorities.
reporters managed to find out that at least 1,000 people hired under contracts of temporary employees have access to private correspondence in WhatsApp. Their offices are based in Austin (Texas, USA), Dublin and Singapore. Formally, they perform the role of conference moderators: they access messages that some of the users complained about.
In addition, the Text of a confidential complaint turned out to be at the disposal filed by unnamed informants to the US Securities Commission. It indicates that WhatsApp is widely used by external contractors (which reduces the level of security and opens the way to data to third parties) and artificial intelligence systems. They are engaged in total verification of information about user accounts, their messages, photos and videos. The statement also notes that the statements of Whatsapp employees about the complete confidentiality of users are false.
“Facebook company smumes the amount of data that it collects from WhatsApp users and lies about how it uses them and with whom they share. WhatsApp transmits metadata and unencrypted records that can tell a lot about user actions, law enforcement agencies, Including the US Department of Justice, “says Propublica.