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Use any app, but avoid WhatsApp, advises Pavel Durov, the creator of Telegram.

  Pavel Durov, the inventor of Telegram, claimed that WhatsApp has been used as a surveillance tool for the past 13 years and urged users not to use it.



Pavel Durov, the creator of the instant messaging service Telegram, stated Wednesday in his Telegram channel that WhatsApp has been used as a surveillance tool for 13 years and that users should avoid the messaging program. He claimed that WhatsApp has problems that endanger the data of its users every year.

The same problem was brought up in my previous blog post, How Private Are iPhones, Really, As Apple Claims?

Of course, if I update WhatsApp to the most recent version, I'll be safe, am I not?

Actually, no.

The same exact WhatsApp security flaw was found in 2018, then again in 2019, then again in 2020 (tap each year's link to view the associated vulnerability). And certainly, before that in 2017. WhatsApp has no encryption at all prior to 2016.

Every year, we become aware of a new WhatsApp bug that exposes the entire user device to risk. Which implies that there is a strong likelihood that a new security hole already exists there. Such problems are far from accidental; they are hidden traps. When a backdoor is found and needs to be closed, a new one is added (read the post "Why WhatsApp will never be secure" to understand why).

No matter how wealthy you are, if you have WhatsApp installed on your phone, everyone can see all of your data from every app on it, as Jeff Bezos discovered in 2020. I removed WhatsApp from my devices years ago because of this. Installing it opens a door for access to your phone.

"I'm not trying to convince folks to use Telegram here. Telegram already has 700M+ active users and 2M+ daily signups, thus it doesn't require any more advertising. You can use any messaging program you choose, but avoid WhatsApp because it has been used as a spying tool for 13 years." said Pavel Durov

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