Signal President Blasts WhatsApp's Privacy Claims

Signal president Meredith Whittaker challenged recent assertions by WhatsApp head Will Cathcart that minimal differences exist between the two messaging platforms' privacy protections. 'We're amused to see WhatsApp stretching the limits of reality to claim that they are just like Signal,' Whittaker said in a statement published Monday, responding to Cathcart's comments to Dutch journalists last week.

While WhatsApp licenses Signal's end-to-end encryption technology, Whittaker said that WhatsApp still collects substantial user metadata, including 'location data, contact lists, when they send someone a message, when they stop, what users are in their group chats, their profile picture, and much more.' Cathcart had previously stated that WhatsApp doesn't track users' communications or share contact information with other companies, claiming 'we strongly believe in private communication.'

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