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Isn't WhatsApp super popular in the EU as a whole? Like to the point where EVERYONE uses it? What does the UK have to say about that? It's apparently E2EE, right?
Curious why WhatsApp isn't in trouble.
The UK has a lot to say about that. Brexit, is still a thing. Because it is super popular in the EU & protects citizens is precisely why it is being implemented in the UK - divergence from EU law is said by some to be a 'Brexit benefit'. We're biting our nose, despite it resulting in the loss of FaceTime :) On the flipside, anyone remember Boris, the Brexit guy? The oh-so-predictable excuse for not handing over his Whatsapp chats to authorities over questionable Covid PPE contracts - is that he forgot the passcode; so there is that. Overall, strong E2E encryption makes collective sense, even if it also protects questionable incidents - which more often than not, are a failure of non-technical checks & balances, which have nothing to do with encryption.
Whatsapp is under the same rules and has said they'd leave too.. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/may/08/whatsapp-could-disappear-uk-over-privacy-concerns-ministers-told
But although it's popular it's nowhere near everyone using it.. I have about 2 whatsapp contacts and one of those is a mailing list. Most people I know use FB messenger. A few signal.. It really depends on who your friend groups are..