WhatsApp boss gave a new interview the other day. Speaking about the demands of the British government on child abuse work, Will Cathcart said that it was stupid to do something because the governments wanted it.
The British government has been to child abuse in focus. Naturally, he wants to make regulations on the subject and prevent this situation. One of the options on the table is the ability to scan messages in messaging applications such as WhatsApp. The number one addressee of the subject WhatsApp strongly opposed this idea.
WhatsApp boss will Cathcartgave an interview on the subject. Answering the BBC’s questions, Cathcart said:If we had to reduce security at the behest of a single government, it would be too much for us to accept it. stupid would be. This would have made our product less attractive to 98% of our users due to the 2% requirements.End-to-end encryption in the app, according to Will Cathcart will be preserved forever.
The European Union is making a similar request.
As a matter of fact, it’s not just the British government, European Union also wants to activate WhatsApp against child abuse. The European Commission, in its previous statements, “WhatsApp must detect, report, block and remove child abuse.‘ said Cathcart, who also spoke about it.What is suggested is directly or indirectly through software is that we read everyone’s messages. I don’t think people want that.” said.
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WhatsApp boss says the app already has hundreds of thousands of child sexual abuse images that you detected, said that they use special techniques for this and they are advanced in this regard. However, the Society for the Prevention of Torture of Children (NSPCC) has opposed this defense. End-to-end encryption”cloakAssociation officials, who said that ” encompassing all parts of society He stated that there are studies.