Zuckerberg defends WA, takes a dig at Apple, others

BENGALURU: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has come to the defence of WhatsApp over its recent policy update. He said when it comes to protecting people’s messages, WhatsApp is “clearly superior”. Zuckerberg even took a dig at rivals, naming Apple’s iMessage. During the company’s earnings call, he said WhatsApp has a lot of competitors who have made “misleading claims” about their privacy standards. “iMessage stores non-end-to-end encrypted backups of your messages by default unless you disable iCloud. So, Apple and governments have the ability to access most people’s messages. So, when it comes to what matters most — protecting people’s messages — I think that WhatsApp is clearly superior,” he said. The Facebook-owned WhatsApp has been under fire in India, its largest market with 400 million users, since its proposed privacy changes. Alternative messaging platforms like Signal, built by Brian Acton who’d previously co-founded WhatsApp, have gained new users due to this. WhatsApp has postponed implementing the changes to mid-May after the backlash. FacebookTwitterLinkedinEMail
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