Overview
- WhatsApp’s post on X read “people who end messages with ‘lol’ we see you, we honor you,” triggering confusion about message privacy.
- The tweet drew millions of views as users questioned whether the app could read chats that are supposed to be end-to-end encrypted.
- WhatsApp responded that “we see you” was figurative and reiterated that personal messages remain protected by end-to-end encryption and “no one, not even WhatsApp, can see them.”
- Reporting underscores there has been no change to WhatsApp’s encryption, which has been in place since 2016.
- Coverage highlighted user distrust, calls to hold the social-media poster accountable, reminders that SMS lacks encryption, and discussion of alternatives such as Signal, Telegram, iMessage, and Google Messages.