A class action lawsuit claims WhatsApp misrepresents its end-to-end encryption, alleging that user messages are accessible to Meta. The article discusses the implications of these allegations and the technical aspects of WhatsApp's encryption system.

A former security chief of WhatsApp, Attaullah Baig, has filed a whistleblower lawsuit against Meta, alleging that the company failed to address significant cybersecurity flaws that jeopardized user data privacy. The lawsuit claims that around 1,500 engineers had unrestricted access to personal user information, violating a previous Federal Trade Commission order. Meta has denied the allegations presented in the lawsuit.