And that’s why European Union introduced the Digital Markets Act. By March 2024, Meta will need to give a way for third party clients to communicate with WhatsApp users in 1-to-1 chats. Group chats will probably follow 2 years after.
Don’t wait around for secure clients to actually connect with WhatsApp. Platforms (like WhatsApp) need to provide integration (API) but there are no privacy or security requirements whatsoever.
Signal already indicated that they weren’t planning on connecting seeing that that would offer WhatsApp access to all metadata of each message sent through that API. That’s a no-go for securea apps.
And that’s why European Union introduced the Digital Markets Act. By March 2024, Meta will need to give a way for third party clients to communicate with WhatsApp users in 1-to-1 chats. Group chats will probably follow 2 years after.
Don’t wait around for secure clients to actually connect with WhatsApp. Platforms (like WhatsApp) need to provide integration (API) but there are no privacy or security requirements whatsoever.
Signal already indicated that they weren’t planning on connecting seeing that that would offer WhatsApp access to all metadata of each message sent through that API. That’s a no-go for securea apps.