Hackernews posts about WhatsApp

WhatsApp is a popular messaging app owned by Facebook that allows users to send text, make voice and video calls, and share media with individuals or groups.

1. BirdyChat becomes first European chat app that is interoperable with WhatsApp (www.birdy.chat)
   725 points by joooscha 22 days ago | 506 comments
2. Rust at Scale: An Added Layer of Security for WhatsApp (engineering.fb.com)
   266 points by ubj 19 days ago | 144 comments
3. US has investigated claims WhatsApp chats aren't private (www.bloomberg.com)
   216 points by 1vuio0pswjnm7 15 days ago | 377 comments
4. US reportedly investigate claims that Meta can read encrypted WhatsApp messages (www.theguardian.com)
   174 points by echelon_musk 15 days ago | 1 comments
5. A WhatsApp bug lets malicious media files spread through group chats (www.malwarebytes.com)
   38 points by iamnothere 12 days ago | 8 comments
6. EU finds the AI assistant in WhatsApp violating anti trust (ec.europa.eu)
   30 points by miohtama 6 days ago | 5 comments
7. Pavel Durov: "You'd have to be braindead to believe WhatsApp is secure in 2026" (twitter.com)
   21 points by martinlaz 20 days ago | 18 comments
8. How WhatsApp Scaled to Billions of Users (singhajit.com)
   18 points by arter45 22 days ago | 3 comments
9. Meta to test premium subscriptions on Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp (techcrunch.com)
   16 points by andystanton 19 days ago | 6 comments
10. Commission Designates WhatsApp as Large Online Platform Under the DSA (digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu)
    15 points by riffraff 11 days ago | 1 comments
11. Lawsuit Claims Meta Can See WhatsApp Chats in Breach of Privacy (www.bloomberg.com)
    13 points by g-b-r 22 days ago | 3 comments
12. Russia blocks WhatsApp, talks up state-backed alternative (www.nbcnews.com)
    11 points by koolba 3 days ago | 1 comments
13. Lawsuit Alleges That WhatsApp Has No End-to-End Encryption (www.pcmag.com)
    10 points by isaacfrond 20 days ago | 2 comments
14. Diplomacy by WhatsApp (www.newcartographies.com)
    9 points by treadump 25 days ago | discuss
15. WhatsApp says Russia tried to fully block service to push state app (www.reuters.com)
    8 points by jumpocelot 4 days ago | 4 comments
16. Russia Blocks WhatsApp (thehill.com)
    8 points by cdrnsf 3 days ago | 3 comments
17. Meta Is Being Sued over Whether WhatsApp Encrypts Your Messages (lifehacker.com)
    8 points by walterbell 20 days ago | 1 comments
18. WhatsApp Basically Wiped from Russian Internet (gizmodo.com)
    8 points by mooreds 3 days ago | discuss
19. Show HN: WhatsApp Chat Viewer – exported chats as HTML (github.com)
    8 points by rodrigobraz 7 days ago | discuss
20. Lawsuit Claims Meta Can See WhatsApp Chats in Breach of Privacy (www.bloomberg.com)
    7 points by t0bia_s 19 days ago | 1 comments
21. Lawsuit Alleges That WhatsApp Has No End-to-End Encryption (www.pcmag.com)
    6 points by nwcs 20 days ago | 2 comments
22. Lawsuit Claims Meta Can See WhatsApp Chats in Breach of Privacy (www.bloomberg.com)
    6 points by Brajeshwar 21 days ago | 1 comments
23. EU threatens temporary measures to stop Meta blocking AI rivals from WhatsApp (www.reuters.com)
    6 points by giuliomagnifico 6 days ago | discuss
24. Lawsuit claims Meta can see WhatsApp chats in breach of privacy (finance.yahoo.com)
    6 points by phyzix5761 21 days ago | discuss
25. Russia blocks WhatsApp, talks up state-backed alternative (www.reuters.com)
    5 points by taimurkazmi 2 days ago | 1 comments
26. US has investigated claims that WhatsApp chats aren't private (www.bloomberg.com)
    5 points by NickC25 17 days ago | discuss
27. WhatsApp Encryption, a Lawsuit, and a Lot of Noise (blog.cryptographyengineering.com)
    4 points by todsacerdoti 13 days ago | 1 comments
28. WhatsApp falls under EU's strictest online rules (www.euractiv.com)
    4 points by donohoe 20 days ago | discuss
29. WhatsApp Took over the Global Conversation (www.newyorker.com)
    4 points by romanovtexas 29 days ago | discuss
30. WhatsApp surveilllance: Dawson v. Meta Platforms, Inc. (3:26-cv-00751) [pdf] (archive.org)
    3 points by 1vuio0pswjnm7 12 days ago | 2 comments