WhatsApp will soon make it possible to chat with people who use other messaging apps. It’s revealed some more details on how that will work.

— Apps will need to sign an agreement with Meta, then connect to its servers.

— Meta wants people to use the Signal Protocol, but also says other encryption protocols can be used if they can meet WhatsApp’s standards

— WhatsApp has been testing with Matrix in recent months, although nothing is agreed yet. Swiss app Threema says it won’t become interoperable

  • Greg Clarke
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    11 months ago

    It’ll be end to end encrypted. As far as I’m aware, beeper needs access to messages send cross platform

    • Disinfect056@lemm.ee
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      11 months ago

      “End to end” lol if meta owns the keys there is not such a thing as End to end. Unless they open the code of whatsapp like Signal does we cna never truat their “end to end”